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25 When they withdrew, they left Joash[a] badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to[b] the son[c] of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus[d] he died and was buried in the City of David,[e] but not in the tombs of the kings.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 24:25 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Chronicles 24:25 tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 24:25 tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bene, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows.
  4. 2 Chronicles 24:25 tn Heb “and he died.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 24:25 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.