2 Chronicles 24:23-27
New English Translation
23 At the beginning[a] of the year the Syrian army attacked[b] Joash[c] and invaded Judah and Jerusalem. They wiped out all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder they gathered to the king of Damascus. 24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army,[d] for the people of Judah[e] had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians[f] gave Joash what he deserved.[g] 25 When they withdrew, they left Joash[h] badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to[i] the son[j] of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus[k] he died and was buried in the City of David,[l] but not in the tombs of the kings. 26 The conspirators were Zabad son of Shimeath (an Ammonite woman) and Jehozabad son of Shimrith (a Moabite woman).
27 The list of Joash’s[m] sons, the many prophetic oracles about him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings.[n] His son Amaziah replaced him as king.
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- 2 Chronicles 24:23 tn Heb “turning.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:23 tn Heb “went up against.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:23 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the Lord gave into their hand an army [that was] very large.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 tn Heb “executed judgments on Joash.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bene, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 tn Heb “and he died.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 tn Heb “and the founding of the house of God, look, they are written on the writing of the scroll of the kings?”
2 Chronicles 24:23-27
English Standard Version
Joash Assassinated
23 At the end of the year (A)the army of the Syrians came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus. 24 Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, (B)the Lord delivered into their hand a very great army, (C)because Judah[a] had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Thus they (D)executed judgment on Joash.
25 When they had departed from him, leaving him (E)severely wounded, (F)his servants conspired against him because of the blood of (G)the son[b] of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, (H)but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings. 26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonite, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabite. 27 Accounts of his sons and of the many oracles against him and of (I)the rebuilding[c] of the house of God are written in the (J)Story[d] of the Book of the Kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
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- 2 Chronicles 24:24 Hebrew they
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew sons
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Hebrew founding
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Or Exposition
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