2Ch 24:20-25 | ESV | STEP | Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest , and he stood above the people , and said to them, Thus says God , Why do you break the commandments of the Lord , so that you cannot prosper ? Because you have forsaken the Lord , he has forsaken you.

k[See ver. 20 above]

2 Chronicles 24:20-25

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.’” 21 But ^ethey conspired against him, ^fand by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus 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}

Joash Assassinated

23 At the end of the year ⁱthe army of the Syrians came up against Joash. 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. 24 Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, ^jthe Lord delivered into their hand a very great army, ^kbecause Judah ^{▼▼Hebrew they} had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Thus they ^mexecuted judgment on Joash.

25 When they had departed from him, leaving him ⁿseverely wounded, ^ohis servants conspired against him because of the blood of ^pthe son ^{▼▼Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew sons} of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, ^rbut they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.