2 Kings 21:23

23 The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed 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 of the way which his father had walked, and he served the idols which his father had served and bowed down to them.

22 He abandoned Yahweh the God of his ancestors and did not walk in the way of Yahweh.

23 The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.

24 But the people of the land killed all who conspired against the king and made Josiah his son king in his place.

25 The remainder of the acts of Amon that he did, [are] they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?