2 Chronicles 24:18-23
24:18 They abandoned the temple of the
Lord God of their ancestors,
1 and worshiped
2 the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem.
24:19 The
Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him.
3 They warned
4 the people, but they would not pay attention.
24:20 God’s Spirit energized
5 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
6 the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s
7 son. As Zechariah
8 was dying, he said, “May the
Lord take notice and seek vengeance!”
9
24:23 At the beginning 10 of the year the Syrian army attacked 11 Joash 12 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 “fathers” (also in v. 24).
2 tn Heb “served.”
3 tn Heb “and he sent among them prophets to bring them back to the Lord.”
4 tn Heb “testified among.”
5 tn Heb “clothed.”
7 tn Heb “did not remember.”
8 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.
9 tn Heb “turning.”
10 tn Heb “went up against.”
11 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.