2 Chronicles 24:25

24:25 When they withdrew, they left Joash ¹  badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to ²  the son ³  of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus ⁴  he died and was buried in the City of David, ⁵  but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 24:2

24:2 Joash did what the Lord approved ⁶  throughout the lifetime ⁷  of Jehoiada the priest.

2 Chronicles 14:1

14:1 (13:23) ⁸  Abijah passed away ⁹  and was buried in the City of David. ¹⁰  His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign ¹¹  the land had rest for ten years.

¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”

³ tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.

⁴ tn Heb “and he died.”

⁵ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

⁶ tn Heb “and Joash did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

⁷ tn Heb “all the days of.”

⁸ sn Beginning with 14:1, the verse numbers through 14:15 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 14:1 ET = 13:23 HT, 14:2 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:3 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:15 ET = 14:14 HT. Beginning with 15:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

⁹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁰ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹¹ tn Heb “in his days.”