2 Kings 21:24

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-26

Here is a short account of the short and inglorious reign of Amon, the son of Manasseh. Whether Manasseh, in his blind and brutish zeal for his idols, had sacrificed his other sons?or whether, having been dedicated to his idols, they were refused by the people?so it was that his successor was a son not born till he was forty-five years old. And of him we are here told, 1. That his reign was very wicked: He forsook the God of his fathers (2 Kgs. 21:22), disobeyed the commands given to his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 21:24

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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-26

THE REIGNS OF MANASSEH AND AMON . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-24

Amon's wicked reign. We have here more than one instructive lesson. I. THE POWER OF EVIL OFTEN COUNTERACTS THE GOOD . Manasseh had humbled himself before God. He obtained pardon. But he could not undo the guilty past. He could not undo the effects of his evil example and influence. We see how his sins were imitated and continued by his son Amen. How careful we should be what influence we exercise, what an example we leave behind us! Many a penitent sinner would give... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-26

REIGN OF AMON . The short reign of Amen, the son and successor of Manasseh, was distinguished by only two events: read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-26

Amon. "Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem." This is a short account of the brief and wicked reign of Amon the son of Manasseh. I. HIS REIGN WAS VERY SHORT . "He reigned two years," etc. The wonder is that such a man should have been permitted to breathe the breath of life. The sooner a bad king dies the better. 1. The better for his own sake . It restrains his own responsibilities and the aggravation of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-26

The reign of Amen. In this king we have— I. A PALER COPY OF HIS FATHER . The only noteworthy facts about Amen, during his brief two years' reign, are: 1. His imitation of Manasseh ' s wickedness . His father, during the greater part of his reign, had set an evil example, but towards its close he had repented. Amen did not imitate the repentance, but imitated the sin. He walked in all the ways his father had walked in, apparently setting up again the idols which his... 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

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 21:24

2 Kings 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... read more

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