15. After reaching the very old age of 130, he died.
16. They buried him in the royal tombs in David's City in recognition of the service he had done for the people of Israel, for God, and for the Temple.
17. But once Jehoiada was dead, the leaders of Judah persuaded King Joash to listen to them instead.
18. So the people stopped worshipping in the Temple of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and began to worship idols and the images of the goddess Asherah. Their guilt for these sins brought the Lord's anger on Judah and Jerusalem.
19. The Lord sent prophets to warn them to return to him, but the people refused to listen.
20. Then the Spirit of God took control of Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood where the people could see him and called out, “The Lord God asks why you have disobeyed his commands and are bringing disaster on yourselves! You abandoned him, so he has abandoned you!”