King James Version
2 Kings 12:20 in the King James Version says “And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo , which goeth down to Silla. the hou...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo , which goeth down to Silla. the house: or, Bethmillo”
2 Kings 12:20 · KJV
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem. went: Heb. went up
And 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?
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo , which goeth down to Silla. the house: or, Bethmillo
For 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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“arose”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“and made”
H7194to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“in the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“which goeth down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
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