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.
5 tn Heb “and the men who were designated by names arose and took the captives and all their naked ones they clothed from the loot.”
6 tn Heb “and poured oil on them.”
7 tn Heb “and they led them on donkeys, with respect to everyone stumbling.”
8 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.