2 Kings 21:23

What does 2 Kings 21:23 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Kings 21:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the servants of Amon made a secret design against him, and put the king to death in his house.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the servants of Amon conspire against him, and put the king to death in his own house,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

Context

v.22and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.

v.23This passage

v.24But 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.

Cross references

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

  • 1 Kings 16:9

    And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah:

  • 2 Kings 15:30

    And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:24

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

  • 2 Kings 12:20

    And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla.

  • 1 Kings 15:27

    And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.

  • 2 Kings 15:25

    And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the castle of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and he slew him, and reigned in his stead.

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