Holy Scripture
2 Chronicles 24:17
A church father on this verse
“Some such thing we read of in the book of Chronicles. For Joash the king of Judah at the age of seven was summoned by Jehoiada the priest to the kingdom and by the witness of Scripture is commended for all his actions as long as the aforesaid priest lived. But hear what Scripture relates of him after Jehoiada's death…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17And it came to pass after the death of Jehoiada, that the princes of Judah went in, and did obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened to them.
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15And Jehoiada grew old, being full of days, and he died, being a hundred and thirty years old at his death.
16And they buried him with the kings in the city of David, because he had dealt well with Israel, and with God and his house.
— 2 Chronicles 24:17 —
18And they forsook the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and idols: and there was wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem in that day.
19Yet he sent prophets to them, to turn them to the Lord; but they hearkened not: and he testified to them, but they obeyed not.