Verse 24

2 Chronicles 24:24

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

24 And whereas there came a very small number of the Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an infinite multitude, because they had forsaken the Lord the God (Elohim) of their fathers: and on Joas they executed shameful judgments.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּי֩ בְ/מִצְעַ֨ר אֲנָשִׁ֜ים בָּ֣אוּ חֵ֣יל אֲרָ֗ם וַֽ/יהוָה֙ נָתַ֨ן בְּ/יָדָ֥/ם חַ֨יִל֙ לָ/רֹ֣ב מְאֹ֔ד כִּ֣י עָֽזְב֔וּ אֶת יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבוֹתֵי/הֶ֑ם וְ/אֶת יוֹאָ֖שׁ עָשׂ֥וּ שְׁפָטִֽים
English Translation
For in the distress of men, the army of Aram came, and the LORD gave them a very great strength because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and they made Joash judgments.
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Chapter 24 Context
1 Joas was seven years old when he began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem : the name... Focus ↗
2 And he did that which is good before the Lord all the days of Joiada the priest. Focus ↗
3 And Joiada took for him two wives, by whom he had sons and daughters. Focus ↗
4 After this Joas had a mind to repair the house of the Lord. Focus ↗
5 And he assembled the priests, and the Levites, and said to them: Go out to the cities of Juda, and g... Focus ↗
6 And the king called Joiada the chief, and said to him: Why hast thou not taken care to oblige the Le... Focus ↗
7 For that wicked woman Athalia, and her children have destroyed the house of God (Elohim), and adorne... Focus ↗
8 And the king commanded, and they made a chest: and set it by the gate of the house of the Lord on th... Focus ↗
9 And they made a proclamation in Juda and Jerusalem, that every man should bring to the Lord the mone... Focus ↗
10 And all the princes, and all the people rejoiced: and going In they contributed and cast so much int... Focus ↗
11 And when it was time to bring the chest before the king by the hands of the Levites, (for they saw t... Focus ↗
12 And the king and Joiada gave it to those who were over the works of the house of the Lord: but they... Focus ↗
13 And the workmen were diligent, and the breach of the walls was closed up by their hands, and they se... Focus ↗
14 And when they had finished all the works, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Joi... Focus ↗
15 But Joiada grew old and was full of days, and died when he was a hundred and thirty years old. Focus ↗
16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good to Israel, and to... Focus ↗
17 And after the death of Joiada, the princes of Juda went in, and worshipped the king: and he was soot... Focus ↗
18 And they forsook the temple of the Lord the God (Elohim) of their fathers, and served groves and ido... Focus ↗
19 And he sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord, and they would not give ear when they t... Focus ↗
20 The spirit of God (Elohim) then came upon Zacharias the son of Joiada the priest, and he stood in th... Focus ↗
21 And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king's commandment in the c... Focus ↗
22 And king Joas did not remember the kindness that Joiada his father had done to him, but killed his s... Focus ↗
23 And when a year was come about, the army of Syria came up against him: and they came to Juda and Jer... Focus ↗
24 And whereas there came a very small number of the Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an in...
25 And departing they left him in diseases: and his servants rose up him, for revenge of the blood of t... Focus ↗
26 Now the men that conspired against him were Zabad the son of Semmaath an Ammonitess, and Jozabad the... Focus ↗
27 And concerning his sons, and the sum of money which was gathered under him, and the repairing the ho... Focus ↗