2 Kings 12:20
in 2 Kings 12And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla.
KJV
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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This verse in 2 Kings 12
Commentary
8 notes on this verse"His servants arose, devised a conspiracy and killed Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla." When he reached the age of 130 years, the priest Jehoiada died. Joash, being persuaded by the advice of some of his princes, …
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on 2 Kings 12:19-21
The formula that measures every king's reign against a fuller record gives way at once to conspiracy: his own servants, named by name and by mother, kill Jehoash in the house of Millo, the royal building David had raised, on the road going down to Silla. Judah's throne does not fall with him. Amaziah his son reigns in his place, the one dynasty promised for David's sake outliving the very king who had repaired its temple, and 2 Kings records him buried with his fathers in the city of David.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
And slew Joash - We are told, in the Chronicles, that his murdering the prophet, Jehoiada's son, was the provocation. In this, how unrighteous so ever they were, yet the Lord was righteous.
In this, how unrighteous soever they were (vengeance was not theirs, nor did it belong to them to repay), God was righteous; and this was not the only time that he let even kings know that it was at their peril if they touched his anointed and did his prophets any harm, and that, when he comes to make inquisition for blood, the blood of prophets will run the account very high.
And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the L ORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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And his servants arose,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The house of Millo - Was a royal palace, built by David; (see 2Sa 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.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
A 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 1Ki 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 2Ch 24:18-27. The conspirators, who wished to avenge Zechariah, no doubt wished also to put down the Baal worship. In this it appears that they succeeded. For, though Amaziah punished the actual murderers after a while 2Ki 14:5, yet he appears not to have been a Baal-worshipper. The only idolatries laid to his charge are the maintenance of the high places 2Ki 14:4, and a worship of the gods of Edom 2Ch 25:14-20. Silla - This place is quite unknown.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּקֻ֥מוּ | vaiyakumu | and they arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| עֲבָדָ֖יו | ʾavadav | servants his | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וַיִּקְשְׁרֽוּ־ | vaiyiksheru- | and they conspired | H7194 → | 44 times |
| קָ֑שֶׁר | kasher | a conspiracy | H7195 → | 16 times |
| וַיַּכּוּ֙ | vaiyaku | and they struck down | H5221 → | 499 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יוֹאָ֔שׁ | yoash | Joash | H3101 → | 47 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | Beth- | H1037 → | |
| מִלֹּ֖א | milo' | Millo | H1037 → | |
| הַיּוֹרֵ֥ד | haiyored | which goes down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| סִלָּֽא׃ | sila' | Silla | H5538 → |
וַיָּקֻ֥מוּand they arose
vaiyakumuH6965 →628 times
עֲבָדָ֖יוservants his
ʾavadavH5650 →799 times
וַיִּקְשְׁרֽוּ־and they conspired
vaiyiksheru-H7194 →44 times
קָ֑שֶׁרa conspiracy
kasherH7195 →16 times
וַיַּכּוּ֙and they struck down
vaiyakuH5221 →499 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יוֹאָ֔שׁJoash
yoashH3101 →47 times
בֵּ֥יתBeth-
beitH1037 →
מִלֹּ֖אMillo
milo'H1037 →
הַיּוֹרֵ֥דwhich goes down
haiyoredH3381 →381 times
סִלָּֽא׃Silla
sila'H5538 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 5:9So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 9:24
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 9:15
This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor,…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 5:7
Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 11:27
and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
- 1 Kings 9:24
Through
2 Kings 14:5As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 12:20–21
And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
- Numbers 35:33
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the…
- 2 Chronicles 25:3–4
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
- 2 Kings 12:20–21
Through
Judges 9:6Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 5:9
So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
- 2 Samuel 5:9
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 12:20; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.