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
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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