2 Kings 21:23

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“Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.”

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BSBPD

“Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the servants of Amon conspire against him, and put the king to death in his own house,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Kings 21:23 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 15:27Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
  2. 1 Kings 16:9However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
  3. 2 Kings 9:27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
  4. 2 Kings 12:20And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
  5. 2 Kings 14:19And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
  6. 2 Kings 15:25Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
  7. 2 Kings 15:30Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
  8. 2 Chronicles 33:24Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed him in his palace.

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