2 Kings 12 · Verse 20

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.
2 Kings 12:20, King James Version

2 Kings 12:20 in other translations

BSBAnd the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
WEBHis servants arose and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
ASVAnd his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla.
YLTAnd his servants rise, and make a conspiracy, and smite Joash in the house of Millo, that is going down to Silla:
DARBYAnd his servants rose up and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash in the house of Millo, at the descent of Silla.
BBEAnd his servants made a secret design and put Joash to death at the house of Millo on the way down to Silla.
WebsterAnd his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

What does 2 Kings 12:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. his servants arose ... and slew Joash in the house of Millo--(See on 2Ch 24:25).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 The house of Millo - Was a royal palace, built by David; (see 2Sam 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 12:17-21

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…

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2 Kings 12:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּקֻ֥מוּvai.ya.Ku.muand they aroseH6965
עֲבָדָ֖יו'a.va.Davservants hisH5650
וַיִּקְשְׁרֽוּ\־vai.yik.she.ru-and they conspiredH7194
קָ֑שֶׁרKa.shera conspiracyH7195
וַיַּכּוּ֙vai.ya.Kuand they struck downH5221
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יוֹאָ֔שׁyo.'AshJoashH3101
בֵּ֥יתbeitBeth-H1037
מִלֹּ֖אmi.Lo'MilloH1037
הַיּוֹרֵ֥דhai.yo.Redwhich goes downH3381
סִלָּֽא\׃si.La'SillaH5538

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 12:20

  • 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. And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:24

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
his servants.
14:5; 2Ch 24:24,25; 25:27; 33:24
the house of Millo. or, Beth-millo.
Jud 9:6; 2Sa 5:9; 1Ki 11:27

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Context

  • 2 Kings 12:19

    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?

  • 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.

  • 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.

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2 Kings 12:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y levantáronse sus siervos, y conspiraron en conjuración, y mataron á Joas en la casa de Millo, descendiendo él á Silla;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le reste des actes de Joas, et tout ce qu’il fit, cela n’est-il pas écrit au livre des chroniques des rois de Juda?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und seine Knechte standen auf und machten eine Verschwörung, und sie erschlugen Joas im Hause Millo, wo man nach Silla hinabgeht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Surrexerunt autem servi ejus, et conjuraverunt inter se, percusseruntque Joas in domo Mello in descensu Sella.