His servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
Parallel translations
- KJV And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
- BSB And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
- NKJV And his servants arose and formed a conspiracy, and killed Joash in the house of the Millo, which goes down to Silla.
- NASB And his servants rose up and formed a conspiracy; and they struck and killed Joash at the house of Millo as he was going down to Silla.
- NLT Joash’s officers plotted against him and assassinated him at Beth-millo on the road to Silla.
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Cross-references · 7
- 2 Chr 24:24–27For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
- 2 Kgs 14:5As soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, he killed his servants who had slain the king his father,
- 2 Sam 5:9David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.
- Judg 9:6All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.
- 1 Kgs 11:27This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of his father David’s city.
- 2 Chr 25:27Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following Yahweh, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. He fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
- 2 Chr 33:24His servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.
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