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Aram Comes Up Against Judah

23 Now it happened at the turn of the year that (A)the military force of the Arameans came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the officials of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus. 24 Indeed the military force of the Arameans came with a small number of men; yet (B)Yahweh gave a very great military force into their hands, (C)because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash.

25 (D)When they had gone from him (for they left him very sick), his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the [a]son of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings. 26 Now these are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess. 27 Now as to his sons and the many [b]oracles against him and (E)the [c]rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the [d](F)treatise of the Book of the Kings. Then Amaziah his son became king in his place.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 24:25 As in some ancient versions; Heb sons
  2. 2 Chronicles 24:27 Or burdens upon
  3. 2 Chronicles 24:27 Lit founding
  4. 2 Chronicles 24:27 Heb midrash

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