2 Chronicles 24:23-27

New International Version

²³At the turn of the year,^[a] the army of Aram marched against Joash; it invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people.^(A) They sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus. ²⁴Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men,^(B) the Lord delivered into their hands a much larger army.^(C) Because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash. ²⁵When the Arameans withdrew, they left Joash severely wounded. His officials conspired against him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him in his bed. So he died and was buried^(D) in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

²⁶Those who conspired against him were Zabad,^[b] son of Shimeath an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith^[c]^(E) a Moabite woman.^(F) ²⁷The account of his sons, the many prophecies about him, and the record of the restoration of the temple of God are written in the annotations on the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.

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Footnotes

2 Chronicles 24:23 Probably in the spring
2 Chronicles 24:26 A variant of Jozabad
2 Chronicles 24:26 A variant of Shomer

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 ²⁵And when they had withdrawn from him (for they left him severely wounded), ^(F)his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the ^[b]sons of Jehoiada the priest, and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.