2 Kings 12:20

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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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  • 2 Kgs 14:5 : 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.
  • Judg 9:6 : 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.
  • 2 Sam 5:9 : 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
  • 1 Kgs 11:27 : 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 Chr 24:24-27 : 24 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. 25 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. 26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. 27 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 Chr 25:27 : 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 Chr 33:24 : 24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

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  • 2 Kgs 12:21
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    21For 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.

  • 2 Chr 24:21-26
    6 verses
    77%

    21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

    22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.

    23And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

    24For 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.

    25And 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.

    26And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

  • 2 Chr 33:24-25
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    74%

    24And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

    25But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

  • 2 Kgs 12:19
    72%

    19And 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 Kgs 11:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

    20And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

  • 2 Kgs 21:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

    24And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

  • 2 Chr 25:27
    71%

    27Now 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 Kgs 14:5
    71%

    5And 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 Kgs 11:15-16
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    71%

    15But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

    16And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.

  • 2 Chr 23:15
    70%

    15So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

  • 2 Kgs 13:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

    13And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 14:19
    70%

    19Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

  • 2 Kgs 15:10
    69%

    10And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Chr 22:10-11
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    69%

    10But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

    11But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

  • 2 Chr 23:20
    68%

    20And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

  • Judg 6:30
    68%

    30Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.

  • 2 Chr 22:8
    68%

    8And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.

  • 2 Kgs 10:25
    68%

    25And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

  • 2 Chr 25:3
    68%

    3Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

  • 2 Kgs 11:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

    2But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

  • 1 Sam 22:16-17
    2 verses
    68%

    16And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

    17And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

  • Matt 22:6
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    6And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

  • 2 Kgs 14:15-16
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    15Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

    16And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Kgs 2:34
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    34So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

  • 2 Kgs 15:30
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    30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

  • 2 Kgs 9:27
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    27But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

  • 2 Kgs 13:9
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    9And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Kgs 2:25
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    25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

  • 2 Kgs 23:30
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    30And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
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    1And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

  • 2 Kgs 15:14-15
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    14For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

    15And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 9:14
    66%

    14So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.

  • 1 Kgs 16:10
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    10And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Chr 28:7
    66%

    7And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.

  • 2 Kgs 15:25
    66%

    25But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.