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2 Kings 21:23
Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative describes the moment King Amon’s own officials turned against him after he abandoned the Lord and refused to walk in His ways.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַ/יִּקְשְׁרוּ (va/i.yik.she.Ru) means “they conspired,” while the prepositional phrase בְּ/בֵיתֽ/וֹ (be./vei.T/o) literally places the killing “in his own house.”
The thread — 2 Chronicles 33:24 records the identical palace assassination. 2 Kings 12:20 and 2 Kings 14:19 document other royal murders by conspirators, noting those deaths occurred at Beth-millo and Lachish respectively.
Why it lands — The text states that Amon’s servants executed him in his own palace, directly following his rejection of the Lord. It asks the reader to see how covenant abandonment precipitates internal political collapse.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 12:20 And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
- 2 Kings 14:19 And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
- 2 Chronicles 33:24 Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed him in his palace.
- 1 Kings 15:27 Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
- 1 Kings 16:9 However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
- 2 Kings 15:25 Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:30 Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.