2 Kings 21:23

23 Amon's officials plotted against him and assassinated the king in his 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 walked in all the ways his father had walked. He worshipped the same worthless idols his father had worshipped, bowing down to them.
22 He deserted his ancestors' God, the LORD—he didn't walk in the LORD's way.
23 Amon's officials plotted against him and assassinated the king in his palace.
24 The people of the land then executed all those who had plotted against King Amon and made his son Josiah the next king.
25 The rest of Amon's deeds, aren't they written in the official records of Judah's kings?
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