2 Chronicles 24:23-27
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Death of Joash
23 At the end of the year, the army of Aram came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the officials of the people from among them and sent all the spoil they took to the king of Damascus.(A) 24 Although the army of Aram had come with few men, the Lord delivered into their hand a very great army because they had abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors. Thus they executed judgment on Joash.(B)
25 When they had withdrawn, leaving him severely wounded, his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son[a] of the priest Jehoiada, and they killed him on his bed.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.(C) 26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonite and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabite. 27 Accounts of his sons, and of the many oracles against him, and of the rebuilding[b] of the house of God are written in the Commentary on the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah succeeded him.(D)
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2 Chronicles 24:23-27
Christian Standard Bible
Aramean Invasion of Judah
23 At the turn of the year, an Aramean army attacked Joash.(A) They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people among them and sent all the plunder to the king of Damascus. 24 Although the Aramean army came with only a few men, the Lord handed over(B) a vast army to them because the people of Judah had abandoned(C) the Lord, the God of their ancestors. So they executed judgment on Joash.
Joash Assassinated
25 When(D) the Arameans saw that Joash had many wounds, they left him. His servants conspired against him, and killed him on his bed, because he had shed the blood of the sons of the priest Jehoiada. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.(E)
26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad, son of the Ammonite woman Shimeath, and Jehozabad, son of the Moabite woman Shimrith.[a](F) 27 The accounts concerning his sons, the many divine pronouncements about him, and the restoration(G) of God’s temple are recorded in the Writing(H) of the Book of the Kings. His son Amaziah became king in his place.
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- 24:26 = Shomer in 2Kg 12:21
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