Aramean Invasion of Judah

23 At the turn of the year, an Aramean army went to war against 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) Yahweh, 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 Jehoiada the priest. 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 Concerning his sons, the many oracles about him, and the restoration(G) of the Lord’s temple, they are recorded in the Writing(H) of the Book of the Kings. His son Amaziah became king in his place.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 24:26 = Shomer in 2Kg 12:21

23 That spring the Aramean army marched against Jehoash. They attacked Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the people’s leaders, and sent all the loot to the king of Damascus. 24 Although the Aramean forces were relatively small, the Lord handed over to them a very large army, because the people of Judah had abandoned the Lord, their ancestors’ God. Jehoash was justly punished. 25 The Arameans left him badly wounded, but his own officials plotted against him for murdering the son[a] of the priest Jehoiada. So they killed him in his bed. He died and was buried in David’s City but not in the royal cemetery. 26 Those who plotted against him were the Ammonite Zabad, Shimeath’s son, and the Moabite Jehozabad, Shimrith’s son. 27 The list of Jehoash’s sons, the many prophecies against him, and the account of his restoration of God’s temple are written in the comments on the records of the kings. His son Amaziah succeeded him as king.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 24:25 LXX, Vulg; MT sons