Verse 17
2 Chronicles 24:17
Free Bible Version
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Then the Spirit of God (Elohim) came to Zechariah, son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and told them, “This is what God (Elohim) says: ‘Why do you break the Lord's commandments so that you cannot be successful? Since you have abandoned the Lord, he has abandoned you.’”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אַֽחֲרֵ֥י מוֹת֙ יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע בָּ֚אוּ שָׂרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַ/יִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ לַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ אָ֛ז שָׁמַ֥ע הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲלֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
And after the death of Jehoiada, the leaders of Judah came and bowed down to the king; then the king listened to them.
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Chapter 24 Context
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Joash was seven when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother's name...
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Jehoiada arranged for him to marry two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
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Some time later, Joash decided to repair the Lord's Temple.
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He summoned the priests and Levites and told them, “Go to the towns of Judah and collect the yearly...
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5
So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and asked him, “Why haven't you ordered the Levites...
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6
(The supporters of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into God (Elohim)'s Temple and had stolen t...
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7
A decree was proclaimed throughout Judea and Jerusalem to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, the...
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All the leaders and all the people were glad to do so and brought their taxes. They dropped them in...
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9
Every so often the Levites took the chest to the king's officials. When they saw that it contained a...
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10
The men doing the repairs worked hard and made good progress. They restored God (Elohim)'s Temple to...
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11
When they finished, they returned the money that was left to the king and Jehoiada, and with it uten...
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12
Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130, having lived a full life.
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He was buried with the kings in the City of David, for all the good he had done in Israel for God (E...
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But after the death of Jehoiada, the leaders of Judah came to swear their loyalty to the king, and h...
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They abandoned the Temple of the Lord, the God (Elohim) of their forefathers, and worshiped Asherah...
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The Lord sent prophets to bring the people back to him and to warn them; but they refused to listen.
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17
Then the Spirit of God (Elohim) came to Zechariah, son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the p...
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Then the leaders hatched a plot to kill Zechariah, and on the orders of the king they stoned him to...
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King Joash showed he had forgotten all about the loyalty and love shown to him by Jehoiada, Zecharia...
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At the end of the year, the Aramean army came to attack Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem and...
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Even though the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the Lord gave them the victory over a ver...
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When the Arameans departed, they left Joash badly wounded. But then his own officers plotted against...
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23
Those who plotted against him were Zabad, son of Shimeath, (an Ammonite woman), and Jehozabad, son o...
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24
The story of the sons of Joash, as well as the many prophecies about him and about the restoration o...
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