Joash Murders Son of Jehoiada

^20 (A)Then the Spirit of God ^[a]covered Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest like clothing; and he stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God has said, ‘^(B)Why do you break the commandments of the Lord and do not prosper? ^(C)Because you have abandoned the Lord, He has also abandoned you.’”

²¹ So ^(A)they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him ^[a]to death in the courtyard of the house of the Lord.