KJV 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.
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2 Kings 12:21
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
WEB World English Bible
For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
ASV American Standard Version
For Jozacar 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
yea, Jozachar son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad son of Shemer, his servants, have smitten him, and he dieth, and they bury him with his fathers in the city of David, and reign doth Amaziah his son, in his stead.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 12
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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וְיוֹזָבָ֣דH3107 · yo.za.vadJozacarבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childשִׁ֠מְעָתH8100 · shim.atShimeathוִיהוֹזָבָ֨דH3075 · ye.ho.za.vadJehozabadבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childשֹׁמֵ֤ר׀H7763 · sho.merShomerעֲבָדָיו֙H5650 · e.vedservant/slaveהִכֻּ֣הוּH5221 · na.khahto smiteוַיָּמֹ֔תH4191 · mutto dieוַיִּקְבְּר֥וּH6912 · qa.varto buryאֹת֛וֹH853 · et[Obj.]עִם־H5973 · imwithאֲבֹתָ֖יוH1 · avfatherבְּעִ֣ירH5892 · irexcitementדָּוִ֑דH1732 · da.vidDavidוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignאֲמַצְיָ֥הH558 · a.mats.yahAmaziahבְנ֖וֹH1121 · benson: childתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: under
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