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
2 Chronicles 24:23-27
International Standard Version
The Death of Joash(A)
23 At the end of that year, the Aramean army attacked Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed every senior official among the people, and sent all of their possessions to the king of Damascus. 24 The Aramean army attacked with only a small force, but the Lord delivered a much larger army into their control because Judah[a] had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. And so the Aramean army carried out God’s[b] judgment on Joash. 25 After the Arameans left him very sick, Joash’s[c] own servants conspired against him because Joash[d] had murdered Jehoiada the priest’s son, and they killed him on his sick bed. 26 The conspirators included Shimeath the Ammonite’s son Zabad and Shimrith the Moabite’s son Jehozabad. 27 Records concerning his sons, the various prophetic statements rebuking him, and records of the reconstruction work on God’s Temple are written in the Midrash[e] of the Book of the Kings. Joash’s[f] son Amaziah reigned in his place.
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- 2 Chronicles 24:24 Lit. they
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 The Heb. lacks of God’s
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 Lit. his
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 Lit. he
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Or Commentary
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Lit. His
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