2 Kings 12:20

And his servants arose, and conspired among themselves, and slew Joas in the house of Mello in the descent of Sella.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 Joas, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?

21For Josachar the son of Semaath, and Jozabad the son of Somer his servant struck him, and he died: and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amasias his son reigned in his stead.

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Cross References

Judges 9:6And all the men of Sichem were gathered together, and all the families of the city of Mello: and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak that stood in Sichem.

1 Kings 11:27And this is the cause of his rebellion against him, for Solomon built Mello, and filled up the breach of the city of David his father.

2 Kings 8:23But the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?

2 Chronicles 24:24And whereas there came a very small number of the Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an infinite multitude, because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers: and on Joas they executed shameful judgments.

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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