2 Chronicles 24:20–25

Joash Murders Son of Jehoiada

^20aThen the Spirit of God ¹came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, “Thus God has said, ‘^bWhy do you transgress the commandments of the Lord and do not prosper? ^cBecause you have forsaken the Lord, 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 the Lord.

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

Aram Invades and Defeats Judah

²³Now it happened at the turn of the year that ^athe army 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 army of the Arameans came with a small number of men; yet ^athe Lord delivered a very great army into their hands, ^bbecause they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash.

^25aWhen they had departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the ¹son of Jehoiada the priest, and murdered 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.