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.
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...
4. MANASSEH AND AMON CHAPTER 21 _ 1. Manasseh's reign of wickedness (2 Kings 21:1; 2 Chronicles 33:1)_ 2. The word of the LORD against it (2 Kings 21:10) 3. Manasseh's end ...
REIGNS OF MANASSEH AND AMON. The fact that the reformation begun by Hezekiah was so thoroughly undone at his death, and that his son was able to reign undisturbed for fifty-five years, proves that his...
II. THE ACCESSION AND ASSASSINATION OF AMON 21:19-26 TRANSLATION (19) Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and two years he reigned in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Meshu...
THE REIGNS OF MANASSEH AND AMON 3. The high places, etc.] Manasseh not only restored the country sanctuaries which had been destroyed by Hezekiah as seats of corruption (see 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 18:2...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 21 MANASSEH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 55 y...
(24)THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND. — Thenius thinks these are the militia, as in 2 Kings 11:14; but in neither case does his opinion appear likely....
וַ יַּךְ֙ עַם ־הָ אָ֔רֶץ אֵ֥ת כָּל
AMON B.C. 641-639 2 Kings 21:19 THE brief reign of Amon is only a sort of unimportant and miserable annex to that of his father. As he was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, he must have w...
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON 2 Kings 21:16 Manasseh shed much innocent blood, and among others, tradition has it that Isaiah was sawn asunder at his command, Hebrews 11:37. Amon followed in his father's ste...
Here we have the story of reaction. It manifested itself in two reigns, both utterly evil, Manasseh's, lasting fifty- five years, and Amon's, lasting two years. The story of Manasseh's sin was not mer...
We have here the short but distressing account of Amon's reign. And in the parallel passage in the 2d book of the Chronicles, there is nothing to soften it as in the instance of his father; but on the...
Well, then, in the next portion of our book (2 Kings 21:1-26) we see how truly a pious father may be followed by an impious son. Manasseh, young as he was, did not only begin to reign, but "did that w...
When Hezekiah died at the age of fifty-four, his son was but twelve years old. Beguiled himself, Manasseh seduced the people, who were but too willing to commit greater iniquity than the nations who k...
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 th...
_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 p...
[MANASSEH WICKED.] 1 Manasseh his reigne. 3 His great idolatrie. 10 His wickednesse causeth prophecies against Iudah. 17 Amon succeedeth him. 19 Amons wicked reigne. 23 Hee being slaine by his s...
And the people of the land, the inhabitants of Judah, SLEW ALL THEM THAT HAD CONSPIRED AGAINST KING AMON, evidently with the intention of placing a man from their midst on the throne; AND THE PEOPLE O...
Amon's Reign...
MANASSEH'S WICKED REIGN (vv.1-18) Manasseh was 12 years old when he began to reign, therefore he was born three years after Hezekiah's sickness and recovery. But in contrast to his father, he was th...
19-26 Amon profaned God's house with his idols; and God suffered his house to be polluted with his blood. How unrighteous soever they were that did it, God was righteous who suffered it to be done. No...
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2 Kings 21:24 people H5971 land H776 executed H5221 (H8686) conspired H7194 (H8802) King H4428 Amon H526 people...
THE REIGN OF AMON, KING OF JUDAH C. 642/1-640/39 BC (2 KINGS 21:19). Amon continued in the way in which he had been brought up and reinstituted the idolatrous practises of the reign of his father prio...
CONTENTS: Evil reigns of Manasseh and Amon in Judah. CHARACTERS: God, Manasseh, Amon. CONCLUSION: Those have much to answer for who not only are wicked themselves but help to make others so. 2 Kings...
2 Kings 21:1. _Manasseh was twelve years old._ He was the sixteenth king of Judah, ruined in his education, it would seem, by some apostate priests. These tutors ruined the church also, and ruined the...
_Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign._ AMON The brief reign of Amon is only a sort of unimportant and miserable annex to that of his father. As he was twenty-two years old when h...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 21:1 Manasseh and Amon. Even through the bad times, the Lord has been faithful to Judah because of his promise to David. Throughout chs. 2 Kings 16:1
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 21:19 AMON. See note on 2 Chron. 33:21–25. ⇐...
_HOMILETICS OF 2 Kings 21:19_ THE CRIME OF ASSASSINATION I. IS BUT LIGHTLY REGARDED WHERE RELIGIONS PRINCIPLE IS DEMORALIZED (2 Kings 21:20). When the bonds of religious obligations are relaxed, the...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 21:1 THE REIGNS OF MANASSEH AND AMON. 2 KINGS 21:1 THE REIGN OF MA
Now Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign (2 Kings 21:1), Manasseh was the son of Hezekiah, and here is something that I think is interesting for speculation. Would it have been better...
1 Kings 12:1; 1 Kings 12:20; 1 Samuel 11:15; 2 Chronicles 22:1;...