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2 Chronicles 24:23
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 24:23
New English Translation
23 At the beginning[a] of the year the Syrian army attacked[b] Joash[c] and invaded Judah and Jerusalem. They wiped out all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder they gathered to the king of Damascus.
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- 2 Chronicles 24:23 tn Heb “turning.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:23 tn Heb “went up against.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:23 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 Chronicles 24:24
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2 Chronicles 24:24
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24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army,[a] for the people of Judah[b] had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians[c] gave Joash what he deserved.[d]
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- 2 Chronicles 24:24 tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the Lord gave into their hand an army [that was] very large.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 tn Heb “executed judgments on Joash.”
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