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.

[24:18]  ¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).

[24:18]  ² tn Heb “served.”

[24:19]  ³ tn Heb “and he sent among them prophets to bring them back to the Lord.”

[24:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “testified among.”

[24:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “clothed.”

[24:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “did not remember.”

[24:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.

[24:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “turning.”

[24:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “went up against.”

[24:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.