Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ] (See Gill on 2 Kings 21:17).
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Amon's servants revolted and assassinated him, killing the king right in his own palace.
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But the people, in their turn, killed the conspirators against King Amon and then crowned Josiah, Amon's son, as king.
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The rest of the life and times of Amon is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
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They buried Amon in his burial plot in the Garden of Uzza. His son Josiah became the next king.
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