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Green's Literal Translation

2 Kings 21:23

And the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Amon;   Backsliders;   Citizens;   Conspiracy;   Homicide;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Servant;   Thompson Chain Reference - Amon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Servants;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Amon;   Manasseh;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Amon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Josiah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Israel;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amon ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Manasseh;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amon;   Chronology of the Old Testament;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Amon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amon, King of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Amon’s servants conspired against him and put the king to death in his own house.
Hebrew Names Version
The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
King James Version
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
English Standard Version
And the servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his house.
New Century Version
Amon's officers made plans against him and killed him in his palace.
New English Translation
Amon's servants conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
Amplified Bible
But the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house (palace).
New American Standard Bible
And the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house.
World English Bible
The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the seruantes of Amon conspired against him, and slewe the King in his owne house.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his own house.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
Contemporary English Version
Some of Amon's officials plotted against him and killed him in his palace.
Complete Jewish Bible
Amon's servants conspired against him and put the king to death in his own palace.
Darby Translation
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
Easy-to-Read Version
Amon's servants made plans against him and killed him in his palace.
George Lamsa Translation
And the servants of Amon conspired against him and slew him in his own house.
Good News Translation
Amon's officials plotted against him and assassinated him in the palace.
Lexham English Bible
The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And his seruauntes conspyred agaynst Amon, & slewe the kynge in his house.
American Standard Version
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
Bible in Basic English
And the servants of Amon made a secret design against him, and put the king to death in his house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the seruauntes of Amon conspired against hym, & slue the king in his owne house.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
King James Version (1611)
And the seruants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his owne house.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the servants of Amos conspired against him, and slew the king in his house.
English Revised Version
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And hise seruauntis settiden tresouns to hym, and killiden the kyng in hise hows.
Update Bible Version
And the slaves of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
New King James Version
Then the servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his own house.
New Living Translation
Then Amon's own officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace.
New Life Bible
And the servants of Amon made plans against him, and killed the king in his own house.
New Revised Standard
The servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his house.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the servants of Amon, conspired against him, - and slew the king in his own house.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And his servants plotted against him, and slew the king in his own house.
Revised Standard Version
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his house.
Young's Literal Translation
And the servants of Amon conspire against him, and put the king to death in his own house,
THE MESSAGE
Amon's servants revolted and assassinated him, killing the king right in his own palace. But the people, in their turn, killed the conspirators against King Amon and then crowned Josiah, Amon's son, as king.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house.

Contextual Overview

19 Amon was a son of twenty two years when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did the evil in the eyes of Jehovah, as his father Manasseh did, 21 and walked in all the way that his father walked, and served the idols that his father served, and bowed himself to them. 22 And he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of Jehovah. 23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. 24 And the people of the land killed all those who conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place. 25 And the rest of the acts of Amon that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Judah? 26 And they buried him in his grave in the garden of Uzza. And his son Josiah reigned in his place.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3363, bc 641, 2 Kings 12:20, 2 Kings 14:19, 2 Kings 15:25, 2 Kings 15:30, 1 Kings 15:27, 1 Kings 16:9, 2 Chronicles 33:24, 2 Chronicles 33:25

Reciprocal: Esther 2:21 - and sought

Cross-References

Genesis 20:14
Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male slaves, and slave-girls, and gave to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.
Genesis 21:21
And he lived in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
Genesis 21:22
And it happened at that time Abimelech and Phicol, the general of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do.
Genesis 21:23
And now swear to me here by God, that you will not lie to me, and to my son, and to my heir, according to the kindness which I have sworn to you. Do to me and to the land in which you have lived.
Genesis 24:3
And I will cause you to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, among whom I dwell.
Genesis 26:28
And they said, Since we plainly have seen that Jehovah has been with you, and we have said, let there be an oath now between us, between us and you, and let us cut a covenant with you,
Genesis 31:44
And now come, let us cut a covenant, you and me; and let it be a witness between you and me.
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, the God of their father, let judge between us. And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Deuteronomy 6:13
You shall fear Jehovah your God, and you shall serve Him, and you shall swear by His name.
Joshua 2:12
And now, please swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt with you in kindness, that you will also deal with my father's house in kindness, and shall give to me a true token;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the servants of Amon conspired against him,.... Some of his domestic servants, and perhaps his courtiers, not on account of his idolatry, but for some ill usage of them:

and slew the king in his own house: which they had an opportunity to do, being his servants.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This conspiracy may have been due to the popular reaction against the extreme idolatry which the young king had established.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 21:23. The servants of Amon conspired — What their reason was for slaying their king we cannot tell. It does not seem to have been a popular act, for the people of the land rose up and slew the regicides. We hear enough of this man when we hear that he was as bad as his father was in the beginning of his reign, but did not copy his father's repentance.


 
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