Discovery Box2 Chronicles 10:14 
Context10:14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; 1 I will make them even heavier. 2 My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” 3
2 Chronicles 24:24
Context24:24 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
1 tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew
2 tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”
3 tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.
4 tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the
5 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”
