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2 Kings 12:20

JoashSilla

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?

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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BSB
And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road 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.
WEB
His servants arose and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
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.
DARBY
And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash in the house of Millo, at the descent of Silla.
BLB
And his servants arose and formed a conspiracy, and they killed Joash at Beth-millo, which goes down to Silla.
ÅB
Hans tjenere reiste seg og fikk i stand en sammensvergelse og drepte Joas i Millo-huset, som går ned til Silla;
OTB
Og hans tjenere reiste seg og dannet en sammensvergelse, og slo Joasj i huset til Millo, på veien ned til Silla.
B1930
Hans tjenere reiste sig og fikk i stand en sammensvergelse og drepte Joas i Millo-huset, som går ned til Silla;

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:24–27

    For 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.

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  • 2 Kings 14:5

    And 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.

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  • 2 Samuel 5:9

    So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

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  • Judges 9:6

    And 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.

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  • 1 Kings 11:27

    And 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.

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  • 2 Chronicles 25:27

    Now 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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  • 2 Chronicles 33:24

    And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

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