When they had departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died. They buried him in David’s city, but they didn’t bury him in the tombs of the kings.
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- KJV 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.
- BSB And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
- NKJV And when they had withdrawn from him (for they left him severely wounded), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
- NASB When they left him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they murdered him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
- NLT The Arameans withdrew, leaving Joash severely wounded. But his own officials plotted to kill him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest. They assassinated him as he lay in bed. Then he was buried in the City of David, but not in the royal cemetery.
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Left badly wounded, Joash was murdered in his bed by his own servants for killing Jehoiada's sons, and he was denied burial among the kings. His violent, dishonored end fit his betrayal of righteous blood.
Overview
Joash's assassination explicitly avenged the murder of the priest's sons, showing God's justice working through human agents. His exclusion from the royal tombs marked national disgrace. The reign that began with promise ended in shame, illustrating how a life can be ruined by abandoning the LORD.
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- 2 Chr 24:21–22They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of Yahweh’s house.
- 2 Chr 28:27Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem, because they didn’t bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Chr 21:18–20After all this Yahweh struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
- 2 Chr 22:6He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- 2 Chr 21:16Yahweh stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians who are beside the Ethiopians;
- 2 Chr 24:16They buried him in David’s city among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
- Ps 10:14But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
- 2 Kgs 12:20–21His servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
- Rev 16:6For they poured out the blood of the saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.”
- 2 Kgs 14:19–20They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
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