2Chronicles:24:17-27
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And after the death of Jehoiada the rulers of Judah came and bowed down to the king .
And the king gave heed to them .
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And they forsook the house of Jehovah the God of their fathers ,
and served the groves and idols ;
and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their trespass .
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And He sent prophets to them ,
to bring them back to Jehovah ;
and they testified against them ,
but they would not listen .
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And the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest ,
who stood above the people ,
and said to them ,
Thus says God :
Why do you transgress the commandments of Jehovah ,
so that you cannot prosper ?
Because you have forsaken Jehovah ,
He also has forsaken you .
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So they conspired against him ,
and at the command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of Jehovah .
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Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him ,
but killed his son ;
and as he died ,
he said ,
May Jehovah take notice ,
and require it !
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So it happened at the turning of the year that the army of Syria came up against him ;
and they came to Judah and Jerusalem ,
and destroyed all the rulers of the people from among the people ,
and sent all their spoils to the king of Damascus .
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For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men ;
but Jehovah delivered a very great army into their hand ,
because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers .
Thus they executed judgment against Joash .
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And when they had withdrawn from him (
for they left him severely wounded ),
his own 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 they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings .
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These are the ones who conspired against him :
Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess ,
and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess .
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Now concerning his sons ,
and the great many tributes to him ,
and the repairing of the house of God ,
behold ,
they are written in the midrash of the book of the kings .
And Amaziah his son reigned in his place .