2 Tawarikh 24:17-22

24:17 After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. ¹  The king listened to their advice. ²  24:18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, ³  and worshiped ⁴  the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem. 24:19 The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. ⁵  They warned ⁶  the people, but they would not pay attention. 24:20 God’s Spirit energized ⁷  Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’” 24:21 They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple. 24:22 King Joash disregarded ⁸  the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s ⁹  son. As Zechariah ¹⁰  was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!” ¹¹ 

2 Tawarikh 24:25

24:25 When they withdrew, they left Joash ¹²  badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to ¹³  the son ¹⁴  of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus ¹⁵  he died and was buried in the City of David, ¹⁶  but not in the tombs of the kings.

[24:17]  ¹ tn Heb “came and bowed down to the king.”

[24:17]  ² tn Heb “to them.”

[24:18]  ³ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).

[24:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “served.”

[24:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he sent among them prophets to bring them back to the Lord.”

[24:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “testified among.”

[24:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “clothed.”

[24:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “did not remember.”

[24:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.

[24:25]  ¹² tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:25]  ¹³ tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”

[24:25]  ¹⁴ tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.

[24:25]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and he died.”

[24:25]  ¹⁶ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.