2 Kings 12:21

New Living Translation

The assassins were Jozacar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer—both trusted advisers. Joash was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Amaziah became the next king.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:9

So David made the fortress his home, and he called it the City of David. He extended the city, starting at the supporting terraces and working inward.

1 Kings 15:27

Then Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, plotted against Nadab and assassinated him while he and the Israelite army were laying siege to the Philistine town of Gibbethon.

2 Kings 10:9

In the morning he went out and spoke to the crowd that had gathered around them. “You are not to blame,” he told them. “I am the one who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?

2 Kings 13:1

Jehoahaz son of Jehu began to rule over Israel in the twenty-third year of King Joash’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria seventeen years.

2 Kings 14:1

Amaziah son of Joash began to rule over Judah in the second year of the reign of King Jehoash of Israel.

2 Kings 14:19

There was a conspiracy against Amaziah’s life in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But his enemies sent assassins after him, and they killed him there.

2 Kings 14:5

When Amaziah was well established as king, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father.

2 Kings 15:10

Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, assassinated him in public, and became the next king.

2 Kings 9:14

So Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, led a conspiracy against King Joram. (Now Joram had been with the army at Ramoth-gilead, defending Israel against the forces of King Hazael of Aram.

2 Kings 9:27

When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what was happening, he fled along the road to Beth-haggan. Jehu rode after him, shouting, “Shoot him, too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot at the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam. He was able to go on as far as Megiddo, but he died there.

2 Chronicles 24:25

The Arameans withdrew, leaving Joash severely wounded. But his own officials plotted to kill him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest. They assassinated him as he lay in bed. Then he was buried in the City of David, but not in the royal cemetery.