King James Version
2 Kings 21:23 in the King James Version says “And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.”
2 Kings 21:23 · KJV
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
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.
Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“conspired”
H7194to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“against him and slew”
H4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“in his own house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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