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^(b)Joash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them.

They abandoned ⁽ⁿ⁾the house of the Lord , the God of their fathers, and ^(o)served the ^[k]Asherim and the idols; so ^(p)wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.

Yet ^(q)He sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord ; though they testified against them, they would not listen.

^(r)Then the Spirit of God ^[l]came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, "Thus God has said, ‘^(s)Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord and do not prosper? ^(t)Because you have forsaken the Lord , He has also forsaken you.'"

So ^(u)they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him ^[m]to death in the court of the house of the Lord .

Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which his father Jehoiada had shown him, but he murdered his son. And as he died he said, "May ^(v)the Lord see and ^[n]avenge!"