2 Chronicles 33:25

What does 2 Chronicles 33:25 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 33:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the people of the land smite all those conspiring against king Amon, and the people of the land cause Josiah his son to reign in his stead.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But the rest of the multitude of the people slew them that had killed Amon, and made Josias his son king in his stead.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But the people of the land smote all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

Context

v.24And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.

v.25This passage

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:1

    Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.

  • Numbers 35:33

    So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:1

    Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.

  • Numbers 35:31

    Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:1

    And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

  • Genesis 9:5

    And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.

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