2 Kings 21:23

23 Amon's servants revolted and assassinated him, killing the king right in his own palace.

2 Kings 21:23 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 21:23

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.

2 Kings 21:23 In-Context

21 He followed in the footsteps of his father, serving and worshiping the same foul gods his father had served.

22 He totally deserted the God of his ancestors; he did not live God's way.

23 Amon's servants revolted and assassinated him, killing the king right in his own palace.

24 But the people, in their turn, killed the conspirators against King Amon and then crowned Josiah, Amon's son, as king.

25 The rest of the life and times of Amon is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.