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The king and Jehoiada would give the money to the foremen who were working on the LORD's temple, and they hired masons and carpenters to renovate the LORD's temple. They also hired men who worked with iron and bronze to repair the LORD's temple.
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As the men worked, the project progressed under the foremen's guidance. They restored God's temple to its proper condition and reinforced it.
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When they finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, who used it to make utensils for the LORD's temple. They made dishes and gold and silver utensils for the service and for the offerings. As long as Jehoiada lived, they sacrificed burnt offerings in the LORD's temple.
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When Jehoiada was old and had lived out his years, he died. He was 130 years old when he died.
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He was buried in the City of David with the kings because of the good he had done in Israel for God and the temple.
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After he died, the officials of Judah bowed in front of the king with their faces touching the ground. Then the king listened to their advice.
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They abandoned the temple of the LORD God of their ancestors and worshiped idols and the poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah. This offense of theirs brought God's anger upon Judah and Jerusalem.
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The LORD sent them prophets to bring them back to himself. The prophets warned them, but they wouldn't listen.
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God's Spirit gave Zechariah, son of the priest Jehoiada, strength. Zechariah stood in front of the people and said to them, "This is what God says: Why are you breaking the LORD's commands? You won't prosper that way! The LORD has abandoned you because you have abandoned him."
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But they plotted against Zechariah, and by the king's order they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD's temple.
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King Joash did not remember how kind Zechariah's father, Jehoiada, had been to him. Instead, he killed Jehoiada's son. As Zechariah died, he said, "May the LORD see [this] and get revenge!"