Aramea Attacks Judah^(A)

²³ At the ·end [^Lturning; ^Cspring] of the year, the Aramean army came against Joash. They attacked Judah and Jerusalem, killed all the ·leaders [officials] of the people, and sent all the ·valuable things [plunder; spoil; booty] to their king in Damascus. ²⁴ The Aramean army came with only a small group of men, but the Lord handed over to them a very large army from Judah, because the people of Judah had ·left [abandoned; forsaken] the Lord, the God of their ·ancestors [fathers]. So Joash was ·punished [judged]. ²⁵ When the Arameans left, Joash was badly wounded. His own ·officers [officials] made plans against him because ·he had killed [^Lof the shed blood of] Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. So they ·killed [murdered] Joash in his own bed. He died and was buried in the City of David [^CJerusalem] but not in the ·graves [tombs] of the kings.

²⁶ The ·officers who made plans [conspirators; plotters] against Joash were Jozabad and Jehozabad. Jozabad was the son of Shimeath, a woman from Ammon. And Jehozabad was the son of Shimrith, a woman from Moab. ²⁷ The story of Joash’s sons, the ·great [or many] ·prophecies [oracles] against him, and how he ·repaired [restored] the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of God ·are [^Lare they not…?] written in the ·book [scroll] of the kings. Joash’s son Amaziah became king in his place.