2 Kings 21:23

23 And his servants plotted against him, and slew the king in his own 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 And he walked in all the way in which his father had walked: and he served the abominations which his father had served, and he adored them.

22 And forsook the Lord, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.

23 And his servants plotted against him, and slew the king in his own house.

24 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon: and made Josias, his son, their king in his stead.

25 But the rest of the acts of Amon, which he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?