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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 12:20

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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12:20-21 The assassination of the king in 796 BC by some of his own officers was in reprisal for the murder of Jehoiada’s son Zechariah (2 Chr 24:21-22, 25). 12:20 Beth-millo: This district lay on a ridge of the eastern hill of Jerusalem in an area known as the City of David, where Solomon installed a series of supporting terraces (1 Kgs 9:15). • The road to Silla is otherwise unknown.
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