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24 Although the Arameans attacked with only a small army, the Lord helped them conquer the much larger army of Judah. The people of Judah had abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors, so judgment was carried out against Joash.

25 The Arameans withdrew, leaving Joash severely wounded. But his own officials plotted to kill him for murdering the son[a] of Jehoiada the priest. They assassinated him as he lay in bed. Then he was buried in the City of David, but not in the royal cemetery. 26 The assassins were Jozacar,[b] the son of an Ammonite woman named Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of a Moabite woman named Shomer.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 24:25 As in Greek version and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads sons.
  2. 24:26a As in parallel text at 2 Kgs 12:21; Hebrew reads Zabad.
  3. 24:26b As in parallel text at 2 Kgs 12:21; Hebrew reads Shimrith, a variant spelling of Shomer.

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