Apostasy of Joash

After the death of jehoiada, the princes of judah came and did obeisance to the king. But they forsook the house of the lord, the god of their fathers, and served the ash m and the idols. For this their guilt wrath came upon judah and jerusalem. The spirit of god took possession of zechariah, the son of jehoIada the priest. He stood above the people and said: "Why do you transgress the commandments of the lord so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the lord, he has forsaken you" And by command of the king, they stoned him with stones in the court of the