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2 Chronicles 33:25 Explained in Context
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Verse 25. 25But 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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Role in This Section
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Amon rejects humility and is assassinated.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 33:21–25
Read 2 Chronicles 33:25 with 33:21–25. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Amon serves the images Manasseh made, increases guilt without humbling himself, is killed by servants, and is succeeded by Josiah after the people execute the conspirators.
Why It Needs Context
2 Chronicles 33:25 depends on 33:21–25; isolating “But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Amon rejects humility and is assassinated.”
Read 2 Chronicles 33:21–25 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 33:21–25 forms the complete movement “Amon rejects humility and is assassinated”: Amon serves the images Manasseh made, increases guilt without humbling himself, is killed by servants, and is succeeded by Josiah after the people execute the conspirators.
Verse 21. 21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
Verse 22. 22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
Verse 23. 23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
Verse 24. 24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
Verse 25. 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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Biblical text
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Exact location: 2 Chronicles 33:21–25, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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