2 Kings 12:21

For Jozachar, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he was dead (or and he died); and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Amaziah, his son, reigned for him.

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In The King James Version

For 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.

In Context

20And the servants of Joash rose (up), and swore together betwixt themselves, and smote Joash in the house of Millo, and in the going down of Silla (or at the going down, or the descent, to Silla).

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Cross References

1 Kings 15:27And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, setted treason to him, and he smote him in Gibbethon + 15:27 Gibbethon was a city in the lineage of Dan, but (the) Philistines occupied it, against which city Nadab went to recover it (or and so Nadab went to recover it)., which is a city of Philistines; and Nadab and all Israel besieged Gibbethon. (And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, set treason for him, and he struck him down in Gibbethon, which is a city of the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel besieged Gibbethon.)

2 Kings 9:27Forsooth Ahaziah, king of Judah, saw this, and fled by the way of the house of the garden; and Jehu pursued him, and said, Also smite ye this man in his chariot. And men smote Ahaziah in the going up of Gur, that is beside Ibleam; and Ahaziah fled into Megiddo, and was dead there, (or and Ahaziah fled to Megiddo, and died there).

2 Kings 14:1In the second year of Jehoash + 14:1 Also known as Joash., the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah, the son of Joash + 14:1 Also known as Jehoash(!)., king of Judah, reigned (or began to reign).

2 Kings 14:19And swearing together, that is, conspiracy, in Jerusalem was made against him, and he fled into Lachish; and they sent after him into Lachish, and killed him there. (And a conspiracy was made against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they went after him to Lachish, and killed him there.)

2 Chronicles 24:26And Zabad, the son of Shimeath of Ammon, and Jehozabad, the son of Shimrith of Moab, setted treasons to him. (And it was Zabad, the son of Shimeath of Ammon, and Jehozabad, the son of Shimrith of Moab, who set treason against him.)

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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