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.
1 tn Heb “turning.”
2 tn Heb “went up against.”
3 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “and they closed up all the springs and the stream that flows in the midst of the land.” Here אָרֶץ (’arets, “land”) does not refer to the entire land, but to a smaller region like a district.
5 tn Heb “land, saying.”