2 Chronicles 24:17-19

Expanded Bible

Joash Does Evil

¹⁷ After Jehoiada died, the ·officers [officials] of Judah came and bowed down to King Joash, and he listened to ·them [their advice]. ¹⁸ The king and these leaders ·stopped worshiping in [abandoned] the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord, the God of their ·ancestors [fathers]. Instead, they began to ·worship [serve] the Asherah ·idols [poles; 14:3] and other idols. Because ·they did wrong [of their sin/guilt], ·God was angry with [^Lwrath came upon] 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 [testified against] them, they refused to listen.