2 Chronicles 24:20-22
Joash’s Treachery
20 aThen the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah bthe son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, c‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? dBecause you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’” 21But ethey conspired against him, fand by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see gand avenge!” ▼▼Hebrew and seek
Zechariah 1:1
A Call to Return to the Lord
1In the eighth month, iin the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet jZechariah, the son of kBerechiah, son of lIddo, saying,Luke 11:51
51from the blood of mAbel to the blood of nZechariah, who perished between othe altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be prequired of this generation.
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