New King James Version
2 Kings 12:20
20And his servants arose and formed a conspiracy, and killed Joash in the house of the Millo, which goes down to Silla.
2 Kings 12:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
- New International Version (NIV)His officials conspired against him and assassinated him at Beth Millo, on the road down to Silla.
- English Standard Version (ESV)His servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Joash’s officers plotted against him and assassinated him at Beth-millo on the road to Silla.
Context of 2 Kings 12:20
18And Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and in the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem. 19Now 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? And his servants arose and formed a conspiracy, and killed Joash in the house of the Millo, which goes down to Silla. 21For Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him. So he died, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
Read all of 2 Kings 122 Kings 12:20 word by word
וַיָּקֻ֥מוּ עֲבָדָ֖יו וַיִּקְשְׁרֽוּ־קָ֑שֶׁר וַיַּכּוּ֙ אֶת־יוֹאָ֔שׁ בֵּ֥ית מִלֹּ֖א הַיּוֹרֵ֥ד סִלָּֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And his servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- aroseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- and madeקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
- a conspiracyקֶ֫שֶׁרqesher · conspiracyH7195
- and slewנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- Joashיוֹאָשׁyô'âsh yô'âsh · JoashH3101
- in the houseבֵּיתbayith · betweenH1004
- of Milloבֵּית מִלּוֹאbêyth millô' bêyth millô' · Beth-milloH1037
- of Milloמִלּוֹאmillô' millô' · MilloH4407
- which goeth downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- to Sillaסִלָּאsillâ' · SillaH5538
People and places in 2 Kings 12:20
Cross-references for 2 Kings 12:20
- 2 Kings 14:5Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king.
- 2 Chronicles 24:24For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; but the Lord delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
- 2 Chronicles 25:27After the time that Amaziah turned away from following the Lord, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
- 2 Chronicles 33:24Then his servants conspired against him, and killed him in his own house.
- Judges 9:6And all the men of Shechem gathered together, all of Beth Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king beside the terebinth tree at the pillar that was in Shechem.
- 2 Samuel 5:9Then David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the City of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.
- 1 Kings 11:27And this is what caused him to rebel against the king: Solomon had built the Millo and repaired the damages to the City of David his father.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 12:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20The house of Millo - Was a royal palace, built by David; (see 2 Samuel 5:9;); and Silla is supposed to be the name of the road or causeway that led to it. Millo was situated between the old city of Jerusalem, and the city of David.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20A conspiracy - Compare the marginal reference Joash, either from a suspicion of intended treason, or from some other unknown cause, took up his abode in the fortress of Millo 1 Kings 9:24. This conspiracy was connected with religion. Soon after the death of Jehoiada, Joash had apostatised; had renewed the worship of Baal; and, despite of many prophetic warnings, had persisted in his evil courses, even commanding Zechariah to be slain when he rebuked them…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-21Verses 17-21 Let us review the character of Jehoash, and consider what we may learn from it. When we see what a sad conclusion there was to so promising a beginning, it ought to make us seek into our spiritual declinings. If we know any thing of Christ as the foundation of our faith and hope, let us desire to know nothing but Christ. May the work of the blessed Spirit on our souls be manifest; may we see, feel, and be earnest, in seeking after Jesus in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20Beth-millo: This area was on a ridge of the eastern hill of Jerusalem, called the City of David. Solomon built supporting terraces there (1 Kings 9:15). The road to Silla is not known from other sources.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. his servants arose ... and slew Joash in the house of Millo--(See on 2Ch 24:25).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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