23 Now it happened at the turn of the year that 1the army of the Arameanscame up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyedall the officials of the people from among the people, and sentall their spoil to the king of Damascus.
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Indeed the army of the Arameanscame with a small number of men; yet 2the LORDdelivered a verygreatarmy into their hands, 3because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. Thus they executedjudgment on Joash.