2 Chronicles 24:22-24

24:22 King Joash disregarded the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!”

24:23 At the beginning of the year the Syrian army attacked Joash 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, for the people of Judah had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians 10  gave Joash what he deserved. 11 


tn Heb “did not remember.”

tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

tn Heb “turning.”

tn Heb “went up against.”

tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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.”

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

10 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

11 tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”