20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
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For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. …
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-21)When Joash had revolted from God and become both an idolater and a persecutor the hand of the Lord went out against him, and his last state was worse than his first . I. His wealth and honour became an easy prey to his neighbours. Hazael, when he had chastised Israel (2 Kgs. 10:32), threatened Judah and Jerusalem likewise, took Gath, a strong city (2 Kgs. 12:17), and thence intended to march with…
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