2 Kings 21:24

24 Then the common people^[a] executed all those who had conspired against King Amon and made his son Josiah king in his place.^[b]

2 Kings 21:24 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 21:24

And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired
against King Amon
On occasion of his death, there seems to have been an insurrection of the people in a body, to avenge the death of their king, who might be beloved on account of his idolatry, so depraved was the nation; or it may be only to avenge his death because he was their king, whose life these men ought not to have taken away: and the rather this may be thought to be the reason by what follows,

and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead;
who had been prophesied of by name above three hundred years before, see ( 1 Kings 13:2 ) .

2 Kings 21:24 In-Context

22 He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not walk in the way of the Lord.

23 Amon's servants conspired against the king and killed him in his own house.

24 Then the common people executed all those who had conspired against King Amon and made his son Josiah king in his place.

25 The rest of the events of Amon's [reign], along with his accomplishments, are written about in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings.

26 He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah became king in his place.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit the people of the land
• [b]. 2 Ch 33:21-25