Discovery Box2 Chronicles 24:20-25 
Context24:20 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. 24:24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army, 9 for the people of Judah 10 had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians 11 gave Joash what he deserved. 12 24:25 When they withdrew, they left Joash 13 badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to 14 the son 15 of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus 16 he died and was buried in the City of David, 17 but not in the tombs of the kings.
1 tn Heb “clothed.”
2 tn Heb “did not remember.”
3 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.
6 tn Heb “turning.”
7 tn Heb “went up against.”
8 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the
10 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”
13 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
14 tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”
15 tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.
16 tn Heb “and he died.”
17 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
