²³ At the turn of the year,^[a] the army of Aram marched against Joash; it invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people.^(A) They sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.

²⁴ Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men,^(A) the Lord delivered into their hands a much larger army.^(B) Because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash.