2nd Kings Chapter 21 verse 24 Holy Bible
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.
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But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king, and made Josiah his son king in his place.
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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.
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And 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.
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And 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.
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But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
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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.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against King Amon. We certainly, therefore, cannot attribute Amon's murder to a popular reaction against his idolatries. Everything unites to prove that the foreign worships were in favor with the people at this period, and that the kings who patronized them were more generally popular than those who pursued the opposite course. And the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. The prestige of the house of David was still strong. The conspirators may have intended a change of dynasty; but the mass of the people could not contemplate with equanimity the occupation of the throne by a stranger - one not of David's house. They there, in a tumultuary manner, having punished the conspirators with death, sought out the true heir, and, having found him, though he was a boy of but eight years of age, placed him upon his father's throne (comp. 2 Chronicles 33:25).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24)The people of the land.--Thenius thinks these are the militia, as in 2Kings 11:14; but in neither case does his opinion appear likely.
