15 But Jehoiada grew old and full of days, and died. He was 130 years old at his death. 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

17 Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them. 18 And they abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols. And ^hwrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. 19 Yet he ⁱsent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord. These testified against them, but they would not pay attention.

20 ^jThen ^kthe Spirit of God ^lclothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ^m‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? Because ⁿyou have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’” 21 ^oBut they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and avenge!”¹

23 ^pAt the end of the year the army of the Syrians came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus. 24 Though the army of the Syrians had come with ^qfew men, the Lord delivered into their hand a very great army, because Judah² had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash.

25 When they had departed from him, leaving him severely wounded, ^rhis servants ^sconspired against him because of the blood of the son³ of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they ^tdid not bury him in the tombs of the kings. 26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonite, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabite. 27 Accounts of his sons and of the many oracles against him and of the rebuilding⁴ of the house of God are written in the ^uStory⁵ of the Book of the Kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place.