2 Chronicles 24:17-19

New Century Version

Joash Does Evil

¹⁷ After Jehoiada died, the officers of Judah came and bowed down to King Joash, and he listened to them. ¹⁸ The king and these leaders stopped worshiping in the Temple of the Lord, the God of their ancestors. Instead, they began to worship the Asherah idols and other idols. Because they did wrong, God was angry with the people of Judah and Jerusalem. ¹⁹ Even though the Lord sent prophets to the people to turn them back to him and even though the prophets warned them, they refused to listen.