Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 24:25
This verse states that the servants conspired against Joash and killed him on his bed, which provides a differing detail compared to the circumstances mentioned in 2 Kings 12:20.
2 Chronicles 24:25: And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 24:26
Offers specific names of the conspirators against Joash, different from the names listed in 2 Kings 12:21.
2 Chronicles 24:26: And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. [Zabad: or, Jozacher] [Shimrith: or, Shomer]
Contradiction with 2 Kings 8:15
Provides an instance where a king is murdered as part of a conspiracy but differs by attributing the act to the king's own servant rather than multiple conspirators, contrasting with the conspiracy in 2 Kings 12:20.
2 Kings 8:15: And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped [it] in water, and spread [it] on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
Contradiction with 1 Kings 15:27-28
Relates a situation where a king is killed by a conspiracy by multiple people, highlighting dissimilar motivations behind the conspiracies compared to 2 Kings 12:20.
1 Kings 15:27-28: And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.