2 Kings 21:23 - Exposition

And the servants of Amon — i.e. his attendants, the officers of his court— conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. Conspiracies in the palace, frequent in Israel (see 1 Kings 16:9 ; 2 Kings 9:32-37 ; 2 Kings 11:10 , 25, 30), were not unknown in Judah (see 2 Kings 12:21 ). They naturally arose from various causes, as insults, injuries, hopes of advantage, ambition, etc. Where, as in the present case, no clue is given, it is idle to conjecture the motives by which the conspirators were actuated. Religious motives can scarcely have come into play.