2 Reyes 21:24

Listen to 2 Reyes 21:24
24 Pero el pueblo de la tierra mat贸 a todos los que hab铆an conspirado contra el rey Am贸n, y en su lugar el pueblo de la tierra hizo rey a su hijo Jos铆as.

2 Reyes 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 ) .

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2 Reyes 21:24 In-Context

22 Y abandon贸 al SE脩OR, el Dios de sus padres, y no anduvo en el camino del SE脩OR.
23 Y conspiraron contra 茅l los siervos de Am贸n y mataron al rey en su casa.
24 Pero el pueblo de la tierra mat贸 a todos los que hab铆an conspirado contra el rey Am贸n, y en su lugar el pueblo de la tierra hizo rey a su hijo Jos铆as.
25 Los dem谩s hechos que Am贸n hizo, 驴no est谩n escritos en el libro de las Cr贸nicas de los reyes de Jud谩?
26 Y fue sepultado en su sepulcro en el jard铆n de Uza; y su hijo Jos铆as rein贸 en su lugar.
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