2 Kings 12:20

And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash in the house of Millo, at the descent of Silla.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

In Context

19And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

21And Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

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Cross References

Judges 9:6And all the citizens of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the memorial-oak that is in Shechem.

1 Kings 11:27And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon was building Millo, and closing the breach of the city of David his father;

2 Kings 8:23And the rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

2 Chronicles 24:24Truly with a small company of men came the army of the Syrians, but Jehovah delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers; and they executed judgment upon Joash.

2 Chronicles 33:24And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:18-21

Death of Joash, King of Judah. ( b. c. 840.) 17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord , and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem. 19… Read the whole commentary →

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