2Chronicles:24:17-27
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Now after the death of Jehoi '
ada the princes of Judah came and did obeisance to the king ;
then the king hearkened to them .
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And they forsook the house of the LORD ,
the God of their fathers ,
and served the Ashe '
rim and the idols .
And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt .
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Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the LORD ;
these testified against them ,
but they would not give heed .
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Then the Spirit of God took possession of Zechari '
ah the son of Jehoi '
ada the priest ;
and he stood above the people ,
and said to them , "
Thus says God , `
Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD ,
so that you cannot prosper ?
Because you have forsaken the LORD ,
he has forsaken you .'"
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But they conspired against him ,
and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD .
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Thus Jo '
ash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoi '
ada ,
Zechari '
ah '
s father ,
had shown him ,
but killed his son .
And when he was dying ,
he said , "
May the LORD see and avenge !"
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At the end of the year the army of the Syrians came up against Jo '
ash .
They came to Judah and Jerusalem ,
and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people ,
and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus .
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Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men ,
the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army ,
because they had forsaken the LORD ,
the God of their fathers .
Thus they executed judgment on Jo '
ash .
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When they had departed from him ,
leaving him severely wounded ,
his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoi '
ada the priest ,
and slew him on his bed .
So he died ;
and they buried him in the city of David ,
but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings .
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Those who conspired against him were Zabad the son of Shim '
e-ath the Ammonitess ,
and Jeho '
zabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess .
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Accounts of his sons ,
and of the many oracles against him ,
and of the rebuilding of the house of God are written in the Commentary on the Book of the Kings .
And Amazi '
ah his son reigned in his stead .
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