2 Chronicles 24:20-24

Context
24:20 God’s Spirit energized¹ 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 disregarded² the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s³ son. As Zechariah⁴ was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!”⁵

24:23 At the beginning⁶ of the year the Syrian army attacked⁷ Joash⁸ 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,⁹ for the people of Judah¹⁰ had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians¹¹ gave Joash what he deserved.¹²

[24:20] ¹tn Heb “clothed.”

[24:22] ²tn Heb “did not remember.”

[24:22] ³tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:22] ⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:22] ⁵tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.

[24:23] ³tn Heb “turning.”

[24:23] ⁴tn Heb “went up against.”

[24:23] ⁵tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:24] ⁴tn 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] ⁵tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

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