But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
Here is a short account of the short and inglorious reign of Amon, the son of Manasseh. Whether Manasseh, in his blind and brutish zeal for his idols, had sacrificed his other sons - or whether, having been dedicated to his idols, they were refused by the people - so it was that his successor was a son not born till he was forty-five years old.
Commenting on 2 Kings 21:19-26
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 their king, who might be beloved on account of his idolatry, so depraved was the nation; or it may be only to avenge his death because he...
2Ki 21:23-25 His servants conspired against him and slew him in his palace; whereupon the people of the land, i.e., the population of Judah (הארץ עם = יהוּדה עם, 2Ch 26:1), put the conspirators to death and made Josiah the son of Amon king, when he was only eight years old.
Commenting on 2 Kings 21:23-25