2 Kings 21:24

24 Then the people of the land killed all those who had made plans against King Amon. They made his son Josiah king in his place.

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 deserted the Lord, the God of his people. He didn't live the way the LORD wanted him to.

23 Amon's officials made plans against him. They murdered the king in his palace.

24 Then the people of the land killed all those who had made plans against King Amon. They made his son Josiah king in his place.

25 The other events of the rule of Amon are written down. Everything he did is written down. All of those things are written in the official records of the kings of Judah.

26 Amon's body was buried in his grave in the garden of Uzza. His son Josiah became the next king after him.