2 Kings 21:23

23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his house.

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 way in which his father walked and served the idols that his father served and worshiped them.

22 He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his house.

24 But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?