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Joash does right while Jehoiada the priest lives and leads him. He eventually organizes temple repairs using a collection chest, and the work prospers. After Jehoiada dies, however, Judah’s princes persuade Joash to abandon the temple and serve groves and idols. God sends prophets, but they refuse to hear. Zechariah son of Jehoiada rebukes them and is stoned by the king’s command in the temple court. A small Syrian force then defeats Judah, and Joash is assassinated by his servants.
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