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2 Chronicles 24:23-27
Christian Standard Bible
2 Chronicles 24:23-27
Christian Standard Bible
Aramean Invasion of Judah
23 At the turn of the year, an Aramean army attacked Joash.(A) They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people among them and sent all the plunder to the king of Damascus. 24 Although the Aramean army came with only a few men, the Lord handed over(B) a vast army to them because the people of Judah had abandoned(C) the Lord, the God of their ancestors. So they executed judgment on Joash.
Joash Assassinated
25 When(D) the Arameans saw that Joash had many wounds, they left him. His servants conspired against him, and killed him on his bed, because he had shed the blood of the sons of the priest Jehoiada. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.(E)
26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad, son of the Ammonite woman Shimeath, and Jehozabad, son of the Moabite woman Shimrith.[a](F) 27 The accounts concerning his sons, the many divine pronouncements about him, and the restoration(G) of God’s temple are recorded in the Writing(H) of the Book of the Kings. His son Amaziah became king in his place.
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- 24:26 = Shomer in 2Kg 12:21
2 Chronicles 24:23-27
International Standard Version
2 Chronicles 24:23-27
International Standard Version
The Death of Joash(A)
23 At the end of that year, the Aramean army attacked Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed every senior official among the people, and sent all of their possessions to the king of Damascus. 24 The Aramean army attacked with only a small force, but the Lord delivered a much larger army into their control because Judah[a] had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. And so the Aramean army carried out God’s[b] judgment on Joash. 25 After the Arameans left him very sick, Joash’s[c] own servants conspired against him because Joash[d] had murdered Jehoiada the priest’s son, and they killed him on his sick bed. 26 The conspirators included Shimeath the Ammonite’s son Zabad and Shimrith the Moabite’s son Jehozabad. 27 Records concerning his sons, the various prophetic statements rebuking him, and records of the reconstruction work on God’s Temple are written in the Midrash[e] of the Book of the Kings. Joash’s[f] son Amaziah reigned in his place.
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- 2 Chronicles 24:24 Lit. they
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 The Heb. lacks of God’s
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 Lit. his
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 Lit. he
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Or Commentary
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Lit. His
2 Chronicles 24:23-27
New International Version
2 Chronicles 24:23-27
New International Version
23 At the turn of the year,[a] the army of Aram marched against Joash; it invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people.(A) They sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus. 24 Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men,(B) the Lord delivered into their hands a much larger army.(C) Because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash. 25 When the Arameans withdrew, they left Joash severely wounded. His officials conspired against him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him in his bed. So he died and was buried(D) in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad,[b] son of Shimeath an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith[c](E) a Moabite woman.(F) 27 The account of his sons, the many prophecies about him, and the record of the restoration of the temple of God are written in the annotations on the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 24:23 Probably in the spring
- 2 Chronicles 24:26 A variant of Jozabad
- 2 Chronicles 24:26 A variant of Shomer
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