19 Yet (A)He sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.

Joash Murders Son of Jehoiada

20 (B)Then the Spirit of God [a]covered Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest like clothing; and he stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God has said, ‘(C)Why do you break the commandments of the Lord and do not prosper? (D)Because you have abandoned the Lord, He has also abandoned you.’” 21 So (E)they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him [b]to death in the courtyard of the house of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 24:20 Lit clothed
  2. 2 Chronicles 24:21 Lit with stones

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