KJV King James Version
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
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2 Kings 12:20
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
WEB World English Bible
His servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
ASV American Standard Version
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And his servants rise, and make a conspiracy, and smite Joash in the house of Millo, that is going down to Silla:
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 12
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 And 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?
20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
21 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.
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וַיָּקֻ֥מוּH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiעֲבָדָ֖יוH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveוַיִּקְשְׁרֽוּ־H7194 · qa.sharto conspireקָ֑שֶׁרH7195 · qe.sherconspiracyוַיַּכּוּ֙H5221 · na.khahto smiteאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יוֹאָ֔שׁH3101 · yo.ashJoashבֵּ֥יתH1037 · bet mil.loBeth-milloמִלֹּ֖אH1037 · bet mil.loBeth-milloהַיּוֹרֵ֥דH3381 · ya.radto go downסִלָּֽא׃H5538 · sil.laSilla
Cross-references
2 Kings 14:5And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.2 Chronicles 24:24-27For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.2 Samuel 5:9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.Judges 9:6And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that [was] in Shechem.1 Kings 11:27And this [was] the cause that he lifted up [his] hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, [and] repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.2 Chronicles 33:24And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.2 Chronicles 25:27Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
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