# It came about

This phrase is used here to mark the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.

# sent all the plunder from them

"sent all the plunder from Judah and Jerusalem"

# victory over a very great army

"victory over the much larger army of Judah"

# In this way the Arameans brought judgment on Joash

This refers to God's judgment. This can be stated as an action. AT: "In this way God used the Arameans to judge Joash" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/aram]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/judah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/damascus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge]]