24:23 At the beginning 3 of the year the Syrian army attacked 4 Joash 5 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.
1 tn Heb “and there fell from the Cushites so that there was not to them preservation of life.”
2 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “turning.”
4 tn Heb “went up against.”
5 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “had sent back from going with him to the battle.”
7 tn Heb “stripped.”
8 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
9 tn Heb “struck down.”