2 Chronicles 24:17-27
New American Standard Bible
17 But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them. 18 And they abandoned (A)the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and (B)served the [a]Asherim and the idols; so (C)wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. 19 Yet (D)He sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.
Joash Murders Son of Jehoiada
20 (E)Then the Spirit of God [b]covered Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest like clothing; and he stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God has said, ‘(F)Why do you break the commandments of the Lord and do not prosper? (G)Because you have abandoned the Lord, He has also abandoned you.’” 21 So (H)they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him [c]to death in the courtyard of the house of the Lord. 22 So Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had shown him, but he murdered his son. And as Zechariah died he said, “May (I)the Lord see and [d]avenge!”
Aram Invades and Defeats Judah
23 Now it happened at the turn of the year that (J)the army of the Arameans came up against Joash; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the officials of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoils to the king of Damascus. 24 Indeed, the army of the Arameans came with a small number of men; yet (K)the Lord handed a very great army over to them, (L)because [e]Judah and Joash had abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
25 (M)When they left him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the [f]son of Jehoiada the priest, and they murdered him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings. 26 Now these are the men who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess. 27 As to his sons and the many pronouncements against him and (N)the [g]rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the [h](O)treatise of the Book of the Kings. Then his son Amaziah became king in his place.
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- 2 Chronicles 24:18 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
- 2 Chronicles 24:20 Lit clothed
- 2 Chronicles 24:21 Lit with stones
- 2 Chronicles 24:22 Lit seek; or require
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 Lit they
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 As in some ancient versions; MT sons
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Lit founding
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Heb midrash
2 Chronicles 24:17-27
King James Version
17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
18 And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.
21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.
22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it.
23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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