Death of Jehoiada and Joash's Apostasy

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And Jehoiada is aged and satisfied with days, and dieth--a son of a hundred and thirty years in his death,

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and they bury him in the city of David, with the kings, for he hath done good in Israel, and with God, and his house.

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And after the death of Jehoiada come in have heads of Judah, and bow themselves to the king; then hath the king hearkened unto them,

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and they forsake the house of Jehovah, God of their fathers, and serve the shrines and the idols, and there is wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.

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And He sendeth among them prophets, to bring them back unto Jehovah, and they testify against them, and they have not given ear;

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and the Spirit of God hath clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he standeth over-against the people, and saith to them, `Thus said God, Why are ye transgressing the commands of Jehovah, and prosper not? because ye have forsaken Jehovah--He doth forsake you.'

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And they conspire against him, and stone him with stones by the command of the king, in the court of the house of Jehovah,

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and Joash the king hath not remembered the kindness that Jehoiada his father did with him, and slayeth his son, and in his death he said, `Jehovah doth see, and require.'

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