19 Yet He (A)sent prophets to them, to bring them back to the Lord; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.

20 Then the Spirit of God [a]came upon (B)Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God: (C)‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? (D)Because you have forsaken the Lord, He also has forsaken you.’ ” 21 So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they (E)stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 24:20 Lit. clothed

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