² Joash ^(A)did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

⁴ And he did what was ^(A)right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. ^5 (B)He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who ^(C)had understanding in the ^[a]visions of God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him ^(D)prosper.

² And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, ^(A)but not with a loyal heart.

¹⁶ These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness; ¹⁷ and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble.

¹³ Therefore the Lord said:

¹⁷ Now after the death of Jehoiada the leaders of Judah came and bowed down to the king. And the king listened to them. ¹⁸ Therefore they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served ^(A)wooden images and idols; and ^(B)wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their trespass. ¹⁹ Yet He ^(C)sent prophets to them, to bring them back to the Lord; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.

²⁰ Then the Spirit of God ^[a]came upon ^(D)Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God: ^(E)‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? ^(F)Because you have forsaken the Lord, He also has forsaken you.’ ” ²¹ So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they ^(G)stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. ²² Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his ^[b]father had done to him, but killed his son; and as he died, he said, “The Lord look on it, and ^(H)repay!”

² Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days in which ^(A)Jehoiada the priest instructed him.