And the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house.
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.
- BSB Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
- NKJV Then 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 12:20His servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
- 2 Kgs 14:19They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
- 2 Chr 33:24–25His servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.
- 1 Kgs 15:27Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
- 2 Kgs 15:30Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
- 2 Kgs 15:25Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him and attacked him in Samaria, in the fortress of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites. He killed him, and reigned in his place.
- 1 Kgs 16:9His 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;
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