But the people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon. Then the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV 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.
- BSB 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.
- NASB But the people of the land killed all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.
- NLT But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah the next king.
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The people of the land execute the conspirators and make Amon's son Josiah king. Order is restored and the godly reign of Josiah begins.
Overview
The populace punishes the assassins and installs the rightful heir, preserving the Davidic line. The accession of Josiah, though only a child, opens one of Judah's brightest chapters of reform. God's preservation of David's dynasty through turbulent times points to His faithfulness to His covenant promise (cf. 2 Samuel 7).
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Cross-references · 6
- Num 35:31“‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.
- Num 35:33“‘So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
- 2 Chr 36:1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chr 26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Chr 34:1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
- Gen 9:5–6I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.
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