New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Chronicles 24:17-22

17But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them. 18They abandoned 1the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and 2served the 3Asherim and the idols; so 4wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt. 19Yet 5He sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord; though they testified against them, they would not listen.

20 6Then the Spirit of God 7came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, “Thus God has said, ‘8Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord and do not prosper? 9Because you have forsaken the Lord, He has also forsaken you.’” 21So 10they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him 11to death in the court of the house of the Lord. 22Thus 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 12the Lord see and 13avenge!”

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Notes

1. 2 Chronicles 24:18 2 Chr 24:4 ↩
2. 2 Chronicles 24:18 Ex 34:12-14 ↩
3. 2 Chronicles 24:18 I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity ↩
4. 2 Chronicles 24:18 Josh 22:20 ↩
5. 2 Chronicles 24:19 Jer 7:25 ↩
6. 2 Chronicles 24:20 2 Chr 20:14 ↩
7. 2 Chronicles 24:20 Lit clothed ↩
8. 2 Chronicles 24:20 Num 14:41 ↩
9. 2 Chronicles 24:20 2 Chr 15:2 ↩
10. 2 Chronicles 24:21 Neh 9:26; Matt 23:34, 35 ↩
11. 2 Chronicles 24:21 Lit with stones ↩
12. 2 Chronicles 24:22 Gen 9:5 ↩
13. 2 Chronicles 24:22 Lit seek, or require ↩

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