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Joash Punished. 23 At the turn of the year a force of Arameans came up against Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem, killed all the princes of the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.(A) 24 Though the Aramean force was small, the Lord handed over a very large force into their power,(B) because Judah had abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors. So judgment was meted out to Joash. 25 (C)After the Arameans had departed from him, abandoning him to his many injuries, his servants conspired against him because of the murder of the son of Jehoiada the priest. They killed him on his sickbed. He was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

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