Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
Parallel translations
- WEB The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
- KJV And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
- NKJV Then the servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his own house.
- NASB And the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house.
- NLT Then Amon’s own officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace.
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Quick answer
Amon's servants conspire against him and kill him in his own house. His reign ends in assassination.
Overview
A palace conspiracy brings Amon's short and wicked reign to a violent end. The murder reflects the instability that sin breeds within the royal house. Though human hands carry it out, the event unfolds under God's providence, reminding us that no throne stands secure apart from the LORD's blessing.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 2 Kgs 12:20And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
- 2 Kgs 14:19And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
- 2 Chr 33:24–25Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed him in his palace.
- 1 Kgs 15:27Then 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.
- 2 Kgs 15:30Then 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.
- 2 Kgs 15:25Then 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.
- 1 Kgs 16:9However, 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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