2 Reyes 21:24

Listen to 2 Reyes 21:24
24 Entonces el pueblo mat贸 a todos los que hab铆an conspirado contra el rey Am贸n, y en su lugar proclamaron 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 As铆 que abandon贸 al SE脩OR, Dios de sus antepasados, y no anduvo en el camino del SE脩OR.
23 Los ministros del rey Am贸n conspiraron contra 茅l y lo asesinaron en su palacio.
24 Entonces el pueblo mat贸 a todos los que hab铆an conspirado contra el rey Am贸n, y en su lugar proclamaron rey a su hijo Jos铆as.
25 Los dem谩s acontecimientos del reinado de Am贸n est谩n escritos en el libro de las cr贸nicas de los reyes de Jud谩.
26 Am贸n fue sepultado en su sepulcro, en el jard铆n de Uza. Y su hijo Jos铆as lo sucedi贸 en el trono.
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