George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Kings 12:20
Sella. A flight of steps leading to the temple. (Haydock) --- The palace was at the bottom of it, and had been built by Solomon. Here Joas was slain in his bed. (Paralipomenon)
Sella. A flight of steps leading to the temple. (Haydock) --- The palace was at the bottom of it, and had been built by Solomon. Here Joas was slain in his bed. (Paralipomenon)
Verse 2 Kings 12:20. _THE HOUSE OF MILLO_] Was a royal palace, built by David; (see 2 Samuel 5:9); and _Silla_ is supposed to be the name of the _road_ or _causeway_ that led to it. _Millo_ was situat...
A CONSPIRACY - Compare the marginal reference Joash, either from a suspicion of intended treason, or from some other unknown cause, took up his abode in the fortress of Millo 1 Kings 9:24. This conspi...
4. JEHOASH, THE TEMPLE REPAIRED, AND THE DEATH OF JEHOASH CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Jehoash's (Joash) Reign (2 Kings 12:1; 2 Chronicles 24:2)_ 2. The Failure of the Priests (2 Kings 12:4;...
2 KINGS 12. REIGN OF JOASH AND HIS REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. 2 Kings 12:1 is in the usual annalistic style of the Deuteronomist. It is followed by a curious extract from the Temple records (2 Kings 12:4 f...
SLEW JOASH. See note on 2 Kings 8:26. MILLO. See note on 1 Kings 9:15. "The house" would be in connection with it....
_And his servants arose_ The Chronicler tells us that the Syrians left the king suffering from -great diseases", perhaps from wounds received in some battle against the Syrians. He adds also that it w...
B. THE REIGN OF JOASH IN JUDAH 11:21-12:21 Like so many of the Hebrew monarchs, Joash got off to a great start. As long as his protector and adviser Jehoiada was living, the young king pursued the rig...
_AND HIS SERVANTS AROSE, AND MADE A CONSPIRACY, AND SLEW JOASH IN THE HOUSE OF MILLO, WHICH GOETH DOWN TO SILLA._ His servants arose ... and slew Joash in the house of Millo - (see the notes at 1 Kin...
12:20 Millo, (b-17) The citadel of Zion. see 2 Samuel 5:9 ; 1 Kings 9:15 ....
JOASH REPAIRS THE TEMPLE 2. All his days] According to 2 Chronicles 24:17.; Joash took to evil courses after the death of Jehoiada....
THE HOUSE OF MILLO] If Millo was a fort in Jerusalem (see on 1 Kings 9:15) 'the house' was perhaps a palace attached to it....
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 12 JOASH REPAIRS THE *LORD’S *TEMPLE V1 Joash became the king in the 7th year of Jehu’s rule. (Jehu was the king of *...
(17-21) Conclusion of the epitome of the reign, broken off at 2 Kings 12:4....
HIS SERVANTS. — His immediate attendants. (Comp. 2 Kings 8:15.) AROSE — _i.e._, against him. IN THE HOUSE OF MILLO. — Or, _at Beth-Millo_. The precise locality cannot be determined. Thenius supposes...
_[2 Kings 12:21]_ וַ יָּקֻ֥מוּ עֲבָדָ֖יו וַ יִּקְשְׁרֽוּ...
ATHALLAH (B.C. 842-836) JOASH BEN AHAZIAH OF JUDAH (B.C. 836-796) 2 Kings 11:1; 2 Kings 12:1 " _ Par cette fin terrible, et due a ses forfaits,_ Apprenez, Roi des Juifs, et n'oubliez jamais, Q...
INGLORIOUS ENDS 2 Kings 12:17; 2 Kings 13:1 As long as we are with the Lord, He is with us. Then our enemies are His enemies, and He shows Himself strong on the behalf of those whose heart is perfect...
Coming to the throne at seven years of age, Jehoash reigned for forty years. All that was beneficent in his reign would seem to have been directly due to the influence of Jehoiada, the priest, for "le...
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and (k) slew Joash in the house of (l) Millo, which goeth down to Silla. (k) Because he had put Zachariah the son of Jehoiada to death, (2 Chronicles 24...
Here is but little account of Jehoash. How very different was the close of his life, to the promising appearance of it when crowned king. The Reader cannot but have remarked how his name is altered in...
But in the eleventh chapter we have another scene of deep import and interest. There is a wicked woman and when a woman is wicked there is no wickedness like hers. "And when Athaliah, the mother of Ah...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. In chapter 11, the judgment of God falls upon the family [1] which had corrupted Israel, and even Judah also. The daughter of the house of Ahab, t...
AND HIS SERVANTS AROSE,.... This was after he had slain Zechariah the son of Jehoiada, who reproved him for his idolatry; and after a second expedition of the king of Syria, who came to Jerusalem, and...
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. Ver. 20. _And slew Joash._] After that the Syrian rovers had first wounded him, and, pe...
_His servants made a conspiracy, and slew Jehoash_ Of which, see 2 Chronicles 24:25, where we are told that his murdering the prophet, Jehoiada's son, was the provocation. In this, how unrighteous soe...
1 Iehoash reigneth well all the dayes of Iehoiada. 4 Hee giueth order for the repaire of the Temple. 17 Hazael is diuerted from Ierusalem by a present of the halowed treasures. 19 Iehoash being sla...
WAR WITH HAZAEL...
And his servants, who had not forgotten the tyranny of the king against the sons of Jehoiada, 2 Chronicles 24:25, AROSE, AND MADE A CONSPIRACY, AND SLEW JOASH IN THE HOUSE OF MILLO, WHICH GOETH DOWN T...
JEHOASH REPAIRS THE TEMPLE (vv.1-16) Jehu bad reigned seven years in Israel before Jehoash took the throne of Judah, so that the two were contemporary for 21 years (ch.10:26). Until the time that Je...
THE HOUSE OF MILLO: Or, Bethmillo...
17-21 Let us review the character of Jehoash, and consider what we may learn from it. When we see what a sad conclusion there was to so promising a beginning, it ought to make us seek into our spirit...
MADE A CONSPIRACY; of which see 2 CHRONICLES 24:25. IN THE HOUSE OF MILLO; either in that strong and famous place in Jerusalem called _Millo_; of which see 2 Samuel 5:9 1 Kings 9:15,24...
2 Kings 12:20 servants H5650 arose H6965 (H8799) formed H7194 (H8799) conspiracy H7195 killed H5221 (H8686) Joash
THE REIGN OF JEHOASH (JOASH) KING OF JUDAH C. 835-796 BC (2 KINGS 12:1). As usual the prophetic author has been extremely selective in what material he has used. His concern was with response or other...
CONTENTS: Reign of Joash over Judah and his death. Repair of the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Joash, Jehoida, Hazael. CONCLUSION: Those who are entrusted with public money for the carrying on of God's w...
2 Kings 12:3. _The people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places,_ where the holy patriarchs and prophets had worshipped the Lord. The people venerated those places, but the law it woul...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 12:20 SILLA was probably a neighborhood of Jerusalem below “the Millo” (see note on 2 Sam. 5:9). The HOUSE OF MILLO was perhaps a prominent building in the Mill
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 12:17. HAZAEL, KING OF SYRIA, FOUGHT AGAINST GATH—Gath, formerly a town of the Philistines According to Chronicles, the expedition against _Jerusalem_ occurred...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 12:1 THE REIGN OF JOASH._ _THE REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. WAR OF JOASH WITH HAZAEL, AND
Now in the seventh year in which Jehu was the king in Israel is when this king began to reign (2 Kings 12:1); Because you remember, he was just one year old when his dad was killed by Jehu. He was hi...
1 Kings 11:27; 2 Chronicles 24:24; 2 Chronicles 24:25; 2 Chronicles 25:27;...
And slew Joash — We are told, in the Chronicles, that his murdering the prophet, Jehoiada's son, was the provocation. In this, how unrighteous so ever they were, yet the Lord was righteous. And this w...