2 Chronicles 24:23-24

24:23 At the beginning ¹  of the year the Syrian army attacked ²  Joash ³  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, ⁴  for the people of Judah ⁵  had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians ⁶  gave Joash what he deserved. ⁷ 

[24:23]  ¹ tn Heb “turning.”

[24:23]  ² tn Heb “went up against.”

[24:23]  ³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the Lord gave into their hand an army [that was] very large.”

[24:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”