Discovery Box2 Chronicles 24:12-27
Context24:12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen 1 assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord’s temple. 24:13 They worked hard and made the repairs. 2 They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it. 3 24:14 When they were finished, they brought the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada. They used it to make items for the Lord’s temple, including items used in the temple service and for burnt sacrifices, pans, and various other gold and silver items. Throughout Jehoiada’s lifetime, burnt sacrifices were offered regularly in the Lord’s temple.
24:15 Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130. 4 24:16 He was buried in the City of David 5 with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.
24:17 After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. 6 The king listened to their advice. 7 24:18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, 8 and worshiped 9 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. 10 They warned 11 the people, but they would not pay attention. 24:20 God’s Spirit energized 12 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 13 the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s 14 son. As Zechariah 15 was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!” 16
24:23 At the beginning 17 of the year the Syrian army attacked 18 Joash 19 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, 20 for the people of Judah 21 had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians 22 gave Joash what he deserved. 23 24:25 When they withdrew, they left Joash 24 badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to 25 the son 26 of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus 27 he died and was buried in the City of David, 28 but not in the tombs of the kings. 24:26 The conspirators were Zabad son of Shimeath (an Ammonite woman) and Jehozabad son of Shimrith (a Moabite woman).
24:27 The list of Joash’s 29 sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. 30 His son Amaziah replaced him as king.
[24:12] 1 tn Heb “doers of the work.”
[24:13] 2 tn Heb “and the doers of the work worked, and the repairs went up for the work by their hand.”
[24:13] 3 tn Heb “and they caused the house of God to stand according to its measurements and they strengthened it.”
[24:15] 4 tn Heb “and Jehoiada grew old and was full of days and died; [he was] one hundred thirty years old when he died.”
[24:16] 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.
[24:17] 6 tn Heb “came and bowed down to the king.”
[24:18] 8 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).
[24:19] 10 tn Heb “and he sent among them prophets to bring them back to the
[24:19] 11 tn Heb “testified among.”
[24:22] 13 tn Heb “did not remember.”
[24:22] 14 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:22] 15 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:22] 16 tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.
[24:23] 18 tn Heb “went up against.”
[24:23] 19 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:24] 20 tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the
[24:24] 21 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:24] 22 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:24] 23 tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.”
[24:25] 24 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:25] 25 tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”
[24:25] 26 tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.
[24:25] 27 tn Heb “and he died.”
[24:25] 28 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
[24:27] 29 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[24:27] 30 tn Heb “And his sons and the abundance of the oracle[s] against him, and the founding of the house of God, look are they not written on the writing of the scroll of the kings?”
