KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 Kings 21:23–26
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2 Kings 21:23
23¶ And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
23¶ And the seruants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his owne house.
2 Kings 21:24
24And 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.
24And the people of the land slew al them that had conspired against king Amon, and the people of the land made Iosiah his sonne king in his stead.
2 Kings 21:25
25Now 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?
25Now the rest of the acts of Amon, which he did, are they not written in the booke of the chronicles of the kings of Iudah?
2 Kings 21:26
26And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
26And he was buried in his sepulchre, in the garden of Uzza, and *Iosiah his sonne reigned in his stead.
- Mat. 1.10 called Iosias.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Kings 21:23
Persons who serve, labour for, obey, or attend another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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2 Kings 21:24
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
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Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Place or position; in the stead of means in the place of.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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2 Kings 21:25
Repose, relief, or cessation from labour; also what remains.
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Deeds, actions, or things done.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To write: to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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2 Kings 21:26
An enclosed or cultivated place for plants, herbs, or fruit.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To reign: to rule as a king or exercise sovereign authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Place or position; in the stead of means in the place of.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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From verse 23
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Open the full verse study20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
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Open the full verse study24And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
25¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study19Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
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Open the full verse study27¶ And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
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Open the full verse study9And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
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Open the full verse study25But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
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Open the full verse study30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study5¶ And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
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Open the full verse study1AND Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
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Open the full verse study20And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
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Open the full verse study15And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
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Open the full verse study1AND the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
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Open the full verse study1THEN all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
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Open the full verse study25¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study17¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord’s people; between the king also and the people.
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Open the full verse study21¶ And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
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Open the full verse study3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.
From verse 25
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Open the full verse study20¶ And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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Open the full verse study17¶ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
From verse 26
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Open the full verse study18And 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 stead.
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Open the full verse study10And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
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Open the full verse study5The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
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