2 Kings 12:20

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His servants conspired against him and murdered Joash at Beth-Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.

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  • 2 Kgs 14:5 : 5 When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.
  • Judg 9:6 : 6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.
  • 2 Sam 5:9 : 9 So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.
  • 1 Kgs 11:27 : 27 This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
  • 2 Chr 24:24-27 : 24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the LORD handed over to them Judah’s very large army, for the people of Judah had abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors. The Syrians gave Joash what he deserved. 25 When they withdrew, they left Joash badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to the son of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. 26 The conspirators were Zabad son of Shimeath(an Ammonite woman) and Jehozabad son of Shimrith(a Moabite woman). 27 The list of Joash’s sons, the many prophetic oracles about him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.
  • 2 Chr 25:27 : 27 From the time Amaziah turned from following the LORD, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there.
  • 2 Chr 33:24 : 24 His servants conspired against him and killed him in his palace.

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  • 2 Kgs 12:21
    78%

    21His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. He was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

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

    21They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD’s temple.

    22King Joash disregarded the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah was dying, he said,“May the LORD take notice and seek vengeance!”

    23At the beginning of the year the Syrian army attacked Joash and invaded Judah and Jerusalem. They wiped out all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder they gathered to the king of Damascus.

    24Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the LORD handed over to them Judah’s very large army, for the people of Judah had abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors. The Syrians gave Joash what he deserved.

    25When they withdrew, they left Joash badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to the son of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

    26The conspirators were Zabad son of Shimeath(an Ammonite woman) and Jehozabad son of Shimrith(a Moabite woman).

  • 2 Chr 33:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24His servants conspired against him and killed him in his palace.

    25The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 12:19
    72%

    19The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

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

    19He took the officers of the units of hundreds, the Carians, the royal bodyguard, and all the people of the land, and together they led the king down from the LORD’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Gate of the Royal Bodyguard, and the king sat down on the royal throne.

    20All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah with the sword in the royal palace.

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

    23Amon’s servants conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.

    24The people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 25:27
    71%

    27From the time Amaziah turned from following the LORD, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there.

  • 2 Kgs 14:5
    71%

    5When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

  • 2 Kgs 11:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15Jehoiada the priest ordered the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army,“Bring her outside the temple to the guards. Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the LORD’s temple.

    16They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There she was executed.

  • 2 Chr 23:15
    70%

    15They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There they executed her.

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

    12The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

    13Joash passed away and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 14:19
    70%

    19Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there.

  • 2 Kgs 15:10
    69%

    10Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him; he assassinated him in Ibleam and took his place as king.

  • 2 Chr 22:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10Athaliah is Eliminated When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line of Judah.

    11So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Ahaziah’s son Joash and stole him away from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah so she could not execute him.

  • 2 Chr 23:20
    68%

    20He summoned the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and he then led the king down from the LORD’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne.

  • Judg 6:30
    68%

    30The men of the city said to Joash,“Bring out your son, so we can execute him! He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.”

  • 2 Chr 22:8
    68%

    8While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab’s family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them.

  • 2 Kgs 10:25
    68%

    25When he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Jehu ordered the royal guard and officers,“Come in and strike them down! Don’t let any escape!” So the royal guard and officers struck them down with the sword and left their bodies lying there. Then they entered the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal.

  • 2 Chr 25:3
    68%

    3When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father the king.

  • 2 Kgs 11:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1Athaliah is Eliminated When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line.

    2So Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah, took Ahaziah’s son Joash and stole him away from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So he was hidden from Athaliah and escaped execution.

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

    16But the king said,“You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”

    17Then the king said to the messengers who were stationed beside him,“Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, for they too have sided with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm the priests of the LORD.

  • Matt 22:6
    67%

    6The rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.

  • 2 Kgs 14:15-16
    2 verses
    67%

    15The rest of the events of Jehoash’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

    16Jehoash passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.)

  • 1 Kgs 2:34
    67%

    34So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

  • 2 Kgs 15:30
    67%

    30Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah.

  • 2 Kgs 9:27
    67%

    27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered,“Shoot him too.” They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there.

  • 2 Kgs 13:9
    66%

    9Jehoahaz passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Joash replaced him as king.

  • 1 Kgs 2:25
    66%

    25King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.

  • 2 Kgs 23:30
    66%

    30His servants transported his dead body from Megiddo in a chariot and brought it to Jerusalem, where they buried him in his tomb. The people of the land took Josiah’s son Jehoahaz, poured olive oil on his head, and made him king in his father’s place.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
    66%

    1Ahaziah’s Reign The residents of Jerusalem made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 15:14-15
    2 verses
    66%

    14Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh. He killed him and took his place as king.

    15The rest of the events of Shallum’s reign, including the conspiracy he organized, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 9:14
    66%

    14Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.Jehu the AssassinNow Joram had been in Ramoth Gilead with the whole Israelite army, guarding against an invasion by King Hazael of Syria.

  • 1 Kgs 16:10
    66%

    10Zimri came in and struck him dead.(This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah.) Zimri replaced Elah as king.

  • 2 Chr 28:7
    66%

    7Zikri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed the king’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam, the supervisor of the palace, and Elkanah, the king’s second-in-command.

  • 2 Kgs 15:25
    66%

    25His officer Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him. He and fifty Gileadites assassinated Pekahiah, as well as Argob and Arieh, in Samaria in the fortress of the royal palace. Pekah then took his place as king.