21 But (A)they conspired against him, (B)and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see (C)and avenge!”[a]

Joash Assassinated

23 At the end of the year (D)the army of the Syrians came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 24:22 Or and require it

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