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2 Kings 21:23

Amon

21 He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.

22 He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

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

24 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

25 As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

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BSB
Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
KJV
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
WEB
The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
ASV
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
DARBY
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
BLB
And the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house.
ÅB
Og Amons tjenere sammensvor seg mot ham og drepte kongen i hans hus.
OTB
Og Amons tjenere sammensverget seg mot ham og drepte kongen i hans eget hus.
B1930
Og Amons tjenere sammensvor sig mot ham og drepte kongen i hans hus.

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 12:20

    And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:24–25

    Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed him in his palace.

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  • 2 Kings 14:19

    And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.

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  • 1 Kings 16:9

    However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.

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  • 2 Kings 15:30

    Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.

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  • 2 Kings 15:25

    Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.

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  • 1 Kings 15:27

    Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.

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