2 Chronicles 24:23-27
New American Standard Bible
Aram Invades and Defeats Judah
23 Now it happened at the turn of the year that (A)the army of the Arameans came up against Joash; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the officials of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoils to the king of Damascus. 24 Indeed, the army of the Arameans came with a small number of men; yet (B)the Lord handed a very great army over to them, (C)because [a]Judah and Joash had abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
25 (D)When they left him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the [b]son of Jehoiada the priest, and they murdered 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 the men who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess. 27 As to his sons and the many pronouncements 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 his son Amaziah became king in his place.
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- 2 Chronicles 24:24 Lit they
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 As in some ancient versions; MT sons
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Lit founding
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Heb midrash
2 Chronicles 24:23-27
Lexham English Bible
The Death of Joash
23 And it happened at the turn of the year that the army of Aram[a] went up against him, and they came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the commanders of the people from among the people, and all the war booty they sent to the king of Damascus. 24 Though the army of Aram[b] came with few men, Yahweh gave a very large army into their hand, for they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.[c] And they inflicted punishment on Joash.
25 And when they were going away from him (for they had left him with many wounds), his servants conspired against him on account of the blood of the sons[d] of Jehoiada the priest. So they killed him on his bed and he died. And they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him at the burial sites of the kings. 26 Now these are the ones who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath, the Ammonite, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith, the Moabite. 27 And as for his sons, the many oracles against him, and his repair of the foundation of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the scroll of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
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- 2 Chronicles 24:23 Or “Syria”
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 Or “Syria”
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 Or “fathers”
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 The Septuagint reads “son”
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