¹¹ “^(A)I regret that I have made Saul king, for ^(B)he has turned back from ^[a]following Me and has not established My words.” And Samuel became angry and ^(C)cried out to Yahweh all night.

^2 (A)And Joash did what was right in the sight of Yahweh all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

¹⁷ But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them. ¹⁸ And they forsook ^(A)the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and ^(B)served the ^[a]Asherim and the idols; so ^(C)wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt. ¹⁹ Yet ^(D)He sent prophets to them to bring them back to Yahweh; though they testified against them, they did not give ear.

People Conspire Against Zechariah

^20 (E)Now the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘^(F)Why do you trespass against the commandments of Yahweh and do not succeed? ^(G)Because you have forsaken Yahweh, He has also forsaken you.’” ²¹ So ^(H)they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him ^[b]to death in the court of the house of Yahweh. ²² Thus Joash the king did not remember the lovingkindness which his father Jehoiada had shown him, but he killed his son. And as he died he said, “May ^(I)Yahweh see and ^[c]avenge!”

²⁰ Again, ^(A)when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a ^(B)stumbling block before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.

²⁶ When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, does injustice, and dies because of it, for his injustice which he has done he will die.

¹⁸ When the righteous turns from his righteousness and ^(A)does iniquity, then he shall die in ^[a]it.