20His officials conspired against him and assassinated him at Beth Millo, on the road down to Silla.


In Context

17 About this time Hazael king of Aram went up and attacked Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.

18 But Joash king of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers- Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah-and the gifts he himself had dedicated and all the gold found in the treasuries of the temple of the Lord and of the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram, who then withdrew from Jerusalem.

19 As for the other events of the reign of Joash, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

20 His officials conspired against him and assassinated him at Beth Millo, on the road down to Silla.

21 The officials who murdered him were Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer. He died and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.

2nd Kings 12:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:20And his servants arose, and conspired among themselves, and slew Joas in the house of Mello in the descent of Sella.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash in the house of Millo, at the descent of Silla.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20His servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at the house of Millo, [on the way] that goes down to Silla.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20And his servants rise, and make a conspiracy, and smite Joash in the house of Millo, that is going down to Silla:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goes down to Silla.