2 Chronicles 24:23-27

New American Standard Bible

Aram Invades and Defeats Judah

²³Now 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. ²⁴Indeed, 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. ²⁶Now these are the men who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess. ²⁷As 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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Footnotes

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

New King James Version

Death of Joash^(A)

²³So it happened in the spring of the year that ^(B)the army of Syria came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, and sent all their ^[a]spoil to the king of Damascus. ²⁴For the army of the Syrians ^(C)came with a small company of men; but the Lord ^(D)delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they ^(E)executed judgment against Joash. ²⁵And when they had withdrawn from him (for they left him severely wounded), ^(F)his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the ^[b]sons of Jehoiada the priest, and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.

²⁶These are the ones who conspired against him: ^[c]Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of ^[d]Shimrith the Moabitess. ²⁷Now concerning his sons, and ^(G)the many oracles about him, and the repairing of the house of God, indeed they are written in the ^[e]annals of the book of the kings. ^(H)Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place.