22 King Joash didn’t remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him, but killed his son. While he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and demand(A) an account.”

Aramean Invasion of Judah

23 At the turn of the year, an Aramean army attacked Joash.(B) They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people among them and sent all the plunder to the king of Damascus. 24 Although the Aramean army came with only a few men, the Lord handed over(C) a vast army to them because the people of Judah had abandoned(D) the Lord, the God of their ancestors. So they executed judgment on Joash.

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