2 Chronicles 24:20–25

People Conspire Against Zechariah

^20aNow the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘^bWhy do you trespass against the commandments of Yahweh and do not succeed? ^cBecause you have forsaken Yahweh, He has also forsaken you.’”

²¹So ^athey conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him ¹to death in the court of the house of Yahweh.

²²Thus Joash the king did not remember the lovingkindness which his father Jehoiada had shown him, but he killed his son. And as he died he said, “May ^aYahweh see and ¹avenge!”

Aram Comes Up Against Judah

²³Now it happened at the turn of the year that ^athe military force of the Arameans came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the officials of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.

²⁴Indeed the military force of the Arameans came with a small number of men; yet ^aYahweh gave a very great military force into their hands, ^bbecause they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash.

^25aWhen they had gone from him (for they left him very sick), his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the ¹son of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.