2 Reyes 21:24

Listen to 2 Reyes 21:24
24 Entonces el pueblo de la tierra hiri贸 谩 todos los que hab铆an conspirado contra el rey Am贸n; y puso el pueblo de la tierra por rey en su lugar 谩 Jos铆as su hijo.

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 Y dej贸 谩 Jehov谩 el Dios de sus padres, y no anduvo en el camino de Jehov谩.
23 Y los siervos de Am贸n conspiraron contra 茅l, y mataron al rey en su casa.
24 Entonces el pueblo de la tierra hiri贸 谩 todos los que hab铆an conspirado contra el rey Am贸n; y puso el pueblo de la tierra por rey en su lugar 谩 Jos铆as su hijo.
25 Lo dem谩s de los hechos de Am贸n, que efectuara, 驴no est谩 todo escrito en el libro de las cr贸nicas de los reyes de Jud谩?
26 Y fu茅 sepultado en su sepulcro en el huerto de Uzza, y rein贸 en su lugar Jos铆as su hijo.
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