2 Chronicles 24:17-19

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁷ After he died, the officials of Judah bowed in front of the king with their faces touching the ground. Then the king listened to their advice. ¹⁸ They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors and worshiped idols and the poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah. This offense of theirs brought God’s anger upon Judah and Jerusalem.

¹⁹ The Lord sent them prophets to bring them back to himself. The prophets warned them, but they wouldn’t listen.