2 Chronicles 24:19-21

New English Translation

¹⁹ The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him.^[a] They warned^[b] the people, but they would not pay attention. ²⁰ God’s Spirit energized^[c] Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous. Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’” ²¹ They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.