Joash's wound and isolation — 'When they had withdrawn, leaving him severely wounded, his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings' (ובנסתם מעליו כי הנחוהו בחלים רבים קשׁרו עליו עבדיו על דמי בני יהוידע הכהן וַיַּהִרְגוּ אוֹתוֹ עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּב). After the Aramean withdrawal, Joash remains 'severely wounded' (בחלים רבים). His own servants conspire (קשׁר) against him 'because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada' (על דמי בן יהוידע), executing revenge for Zechariah's murder. Joash is killed on his bed (על המשׁכב), a humiliating death. The burial 'in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings' — the same formula used for Jehoram (21:20) — denies royal honor. The king who murdered the high priest's son dies as the victim of his own servants' conspiracy.

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