2 Reis 21:19-26 NVT

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:22

And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers. Other kings, as Ahaz, had made a sort of compromise between the worship of Jehovah and idolatry ( 2 Kings 16:10-15 ). Manasseh and Amen forsook the worship of Jehovah altogether. And walked not in the way of the Lord ; i.e. did not even maintain an outward observance of the Law of Moses, but set it wholly aside. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:23

And the servants of Amon — i.e. his attendants, the officers of his court— conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. Conspiracies in the palace, frequent in Israel (see 1 Kings 16:9 ; 2 Kings 9:32-37 ; 2 Kings 11:10 , 25, 30), were not unknown in Judah (see 2 Kings 12:21 ). They naturally arose from various causes, as insults, injuries, hopes of advantage, ambition, etc. Where, as in the present case, no clue is given, it is idle to conjecture the motives by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:24

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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:25

Now the rest of the acts of Amen which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? No other acts of Amen have come down to us. He was probably, during his short reign of two years, a submissive tributary of Asshur-bani-pal. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:26

And he was buried in his sepulcher in the garden of Uzza— i.e. in the same place as his father (see 2 Kings 21:18 )— and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. So the writer of Chronicles ( 2 Chronicles 33:25 ), and Josephus ( l.s.c. ) read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 21:21

At Manasseh’s death, the idolatrous party, held in some check during his later years 2 Chronicles 33:15-17, recovered the entire direction of affairs, and obtained authority from Amon to make once more all the changes which Manasseh had made in the early part of his reign. Hence, we find the state of things at Josiah’s accession 2 Kings 23:4-14; Zephaniah 1:4-12; Zephaniah 3:1-7, the exact counterpart of that which had existed under Manasseh. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 21:23

This conspiracy may have been due to the popular reaction against the extreme idolatry which the young king had established. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 21:24

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. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 21:21

2 Kings 21:21 . He (Amon) walked in the way, &c. He revived that idolatry which Manasseh, in the latter end of his reign, had put down. Those who set bad examples, if they repent themselves, cannot be sure that they whom their example has drawn into sin will repent; it is often otherwise. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 21:23

2 Kings 21:23. The servants of Amon conspired against him He having rebelled against God, his own servants rose up against him, and slew him when he had reigned only two years; and his own house, that should have been his castle of defence, was the place of his execution. He had profaned God’s house with his idols, and now God suffered his own house to be polluted with his blood. How unrighteous soever they were that did it, God was righteous who suffered it to be done. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:22

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:24

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:25

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 21:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 21:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 21:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 21:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 21:23

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