2 Tawarikh 24:20-23

24:20 God’s Spirit energized ¹  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 ²  the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s ³  son. As Zechariah ⁴  was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!” ⁵ 

24:23 At the beginning ⁶  of the year the Syrian army attacked ⁷  Joash ⁸  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.

[24:20]  ¹ tn Heb “clothed.”

[24:22]  ² tn Heb “did not remember.”

[24:22]  ³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.

[24:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “turning.”

[24:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “went up against.”

[24:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.