King James Version
2 Kings 21:24 in the King James Version says “And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah hi...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
2 Kings 21:24 · KJV
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?
And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. Josiah: Gr. Josias
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all them that had 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
“And the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
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