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. Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
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Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as Manasseh his father did. He walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them; and he abandoned Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn’t walk in the way of Yahweh. The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house. 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. Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
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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.
Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
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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.
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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.
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.
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- 2 Kings 14:5 (v24) As soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, he killed his servants who had slain the king his father,
- 2 Kings 21:18 (v26) Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his…
- 1 Samuel 11:15 (v24) All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal. There they offered sacrifices of peace offerings…
- 2 Samuel 5:3 (v24) So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed…
- 1 Kings 12:1 (v24) Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
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- 1 Kings 12:20 (v24) When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There…
- 2 Kings 11:17 (v24) Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh’s people; also between the king and the…
- 2 Kings 14:21 (v24) All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Kings 20:20 (v25) Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren’t…
- 2 Kings 21:17 (v25) Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of…
- 2 Chronicles 22:1 (v24) The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place, because the band of men who came with the Arabians to the…
- 2 Chronicles 26:1 (v24) All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Chronicles 33:25 (v24) 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…
- Matthew 1:10 (v26) Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
- 1 Kings 13:5 (v26) The altar was also split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by Yahweh’s…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v26 Or, he buried him, to wit, Josiah his son.
Or, he buried him, to wit, Josiah his son.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv24, 26 2Ki 21:24 And the people of the land slew…
2Ki 21:24 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.
Ver. 24. Made Josiah … king.] This was a blessed change; Josiah came as a fresh spring after a sharp winter.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv24–25 And the people of the land slew all them…
And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against King Amon,.... On occasion of his death, there seems to have been an insurrection of the people in a body, to avenge the death of their king, who might be beloved on account of his idolatry, so depraved was the nation; or it may be only to avenge his death because he was their king, whose life these men ought not to have taken away: and the rather this may be thought to be the reason by what follows:
and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead; who had been prophesied of by name above three hundred years before, see Kg1 13:2.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v26 Verse 26. The garden of Uzza] The family sepulchre…
Verse 26. The garden of Uzza] The family sepulchre or burying-place.
IT is said 2Kg 21:3; 2Kg 21:7, that "Manasseh made a grove; and he set a graven image of the grove," c. וישם את פסל האשרה אשר עשה vaiyasem eth pesel haasherah, asher asah: "And he put the graven image of Asherah, which he had made," into the house.
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Asherah, which we translate grove, is undoubtedly the name of an idol and probably of one which was carved out of wood.
R. S. Jarchi, on Ge 12:3, says, "that אשרה asherah means a tree which was worshipped by the Gentiles;" like as the oak was worshipped by the ancient Druids in Britain.
Castel, in Lex. Hept. sub voce אשר, defines אשרה asherah thus, Simulacrum ligneum Astartae dicatum; "A wooden image dedicated to Astrate or Venus."
The Septuagint render the words by αλσος; and Flamminius Nobilis, on 2Kg 23:4, says Rursus notat Theodoretus τοαλσος esse Astartem et Venerem, et ab aliis interpretibus dictum Ashatroth; i.e. "Again Theodoret observes, αλσος is Astarte and Venus; and by other interpreters called Ashtaroth."
The Targum of Ben Uzziel, on De 7:5, ואשירהם תגדעון vaasheyrehem tegaddeun; i.e., "Their groves shall ye cut down" - translates the place thus, ואילני סיגדיהון תקצצון veilaney sigedeyhon tekatsetsun; "And the oaks of their adoration shall ye cut down."
From the above it is pretty evident that idols, not groves, are generally intended where אשרה asherah and its derivatives are used.
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In 2Kg 23:6, it is said that "Josiah brought out the grove from the house of the Lord." This translation seems very absurd; for what grove could there be in the temple? There was none planted there, nor was there room for any. The plain meaning of ויצא את השרה מבית יהוה vaiyotse eth haasherah mibbeyth Jehovah, is, "And he brought out the (goddess) Asherah from the house of the Lord, and burnt it," c.
That this is the true meaning of the place appears farther from 2Kg 23:7, where it is said, "He broke down the houses of the sodomites," (הקדשים hakkedeshim, of the whoremongers,) "where the women wove hangings for the grove" (בתים לאשרה bottim laasherah, "houses or shrines for Asherah.") Similar perhaps to those which the silversmiths made for Diana, Ac 19:24. It is rather absurd to suppose that the women were employed in making curtains to encompass a grove.
The Syriac and Arabic versions countenance the interpretation I have given above. In 2Kg 23:6, the former says, "He cast out the idol, [Syriac] dechlotho, from the house of the Lord" and in 2Kg 23:7: "He threw down the houses, [Syriac] dazoine, of the prostitutes; and the women who wove garments, [Syriac] ledechlotho, for the idols which were there." The Arabic is exactly the same.
From the whole it is evident that Asherah was no other than Venus; the nature of whose worship is plain enough from the mention of whoremongers and prostitutes.
I deny not that there were groves consecrated to idolatrous worship among the Gentiles, but I am sure that such are not intended in the above-cited passages; and the text, in most places, reads better when understood in this way.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v24 2Ki 21:24. The people slew all that had conspired…
2Ki 21:24. The people slew all that had conspired against King Amon — Thus they cleared themselves from having any hand in the crime, and did what was incumbent on them, to deter others from the like villanous practices. And the people made Josiah his son king — It is probable the conspirators had designed to put him by, but the people stood by him, and settled him on the throne, encouraged, it may be, by the indications he gave, even in his early days, of a good disposition. Now they made a happy change from one of the worst to one of the best of all the kings of Judah. Once more, said God, they shall be tried with a reformation: if that succeed, well; if not, then, after that I will cut them down.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v24 The intention of the conspirators had perhaps been to…
The intention of the conspirators had perhaps been to declare a forfeiture of the crown by the existing line, and to place a new dynasty on the throne. This the people would not suffer. They arrested them and put them to death; and insisted on investing with the royal authority the true heir of David, the eldest son of Amon, though he was a boy only 8 years old.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv24, 26 24. The fact stated in this verse, that the…
24. The fact stated in this verse, that the people of the land rose up against the conspirators and slew them, argues that Amon was not unpopular with the great body of the nation. Possibly the conspirators sought to establish a new dynasty in Judah, a movement not likely to meet with favour, and therefore the people hastened to place Josiah on the throne, though he was then only eight years old.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v26 26. in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza]…
26. in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza] See above, verse 18. This was evidently a new burial-place contrived for themselves by the kings, in close neighbourhood to the royal palace.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv24, 26 (24)The people of the land.—Thenius thinks these are the…
(24)The people of the land.—Thenius thinks these are the militia, as in 2Ki_11:14; but in neither case does his opinion appear likely.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv24–26 And the people of the land slew all them…
And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against King Amon. We certainly, therefore, cannot attribute Amon"s murder to a popular reaction against his idolatries. Everything unites to prove that the foreign worships were in favor with the people at this period, and that the kings who patronized them were more generally popular than those who pursued the opposite course. And the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. The prestige of the house of David was still strong. The conspirators may have intended a change of dynasty; but the mass of the people could not contemplate with equanimity the occupation of the throne by a stranger one not of David"s house. They there, in a tumultuary manner, having punished the conspirators with death, sought out the true heir, and, having found him, though he was a boy of but eight years of age, placed him upon his father"s throne. (comp. 2Ch_33:25)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v26 called Josias, Mat 1:10.
Josiah
called Josias, Mat 1:10.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v24 the people of the land
the people of the land
This is a generalization. AT: "some of the people in Judah" (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)
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conspired against
"made plans and worked together to harm." See how you translated this in 2 Kings 21:23.
are they not written ... Judah?
This can be expressed in active form and assumes that the answer is positive. The question is rhetorical and is used for emphasis. See how you translated this in 2 Kings 8:23. AT: "they are written ... Judah." or "you can find them ... Judah." (See: Active or Passive and Rhetorical Question)
the garden of Uzza
Possible meanings are 1) "the garden that had once belonged to a man named Uzza" or 2) "Uzza Garden." See how you translated this in 2 Kings 21:18. (See: How to Translate Names)
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Josiah
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kingdom of Judah
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v26 21:26 Like his father, Manasseh (21:17), Amon was denied…
21:26 Like his father, Manasseh (21:17), Amon was denied burial in the royal tombs and was interred in the garden of Uzza.
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