2 Tawarikh 24:23-25

24:23 At the beginning ¹  of the year the Syrian army attacked ²  Joash ³  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. 24:24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army, ⁴  for the people of Judah ⁵  had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians ⁶  gave Joash what he deserved. ⁷  24:25 When they withdrew, they left Joash ⁸  badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to ⁹  the son ¹⁰  of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus ¹¹  he died and was buried in the City of David, ¹²  but not in the tombs of the kings.

[24:23]  ¹ tn Heb “turning.”

[24:23]  ² tn Heb “went up against.”

[24:23]  ³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:24]  ⁴ 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.”

[24:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”

[24:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”

[24:25]  ¹⁰ tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.

[24:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he died.”

[24:25]  ¹² sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.