Place in Jerusalem associated with the killing of King Joash
Aussi appelé : Zillah
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Silla is mentioned only once in the Bible, in 2 Kings 12:21, in connection with the murder of King Joash of Judah. Silla was likely a place name or a road in Jerusalem, but in some traditions it has been understood as a person. The biblical text is unclear whether Silla refers to a person or a place, but the name appears in the context of the conspiracy against King Joash.
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Mentioned in connection with the killing of King Joash
Silla is mentioned in the account of the murder of King Joash of Judah. Joash's servants conspired against him and struck him down in the house of Millo, on the road leading down to Silla.
King Joash was killed by his own servants, Josakar son of Shimeath, and Josabad son of Shomer, after he had turned away from the ways of the Lord. Silla is the place or person linked to this event.
2 Chronicles gives a parallel account of the conspiracy against Joash, where his servants killed him because of the blood of Zechariah son of the priest Jehoiada.
25When the Arameans withdrew, they left him severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
After the death of the priest Jehoiada, King Joash turned away from the Lord and began to serve Asherah poles and idols, which eventually led to the conspiracy in which Silla is mentioned.
18They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and the idols. Because of this guilt of theirs, wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem.
20Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood above the people and said to them, "This is what God says: Why do you break the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you."