{"id":8983,"date":"2024-03-18T15:26:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T20:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/?p=8983"},"modified":"2025-08-06T09:58:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:58:41","slug":"%e8%80%b6%e4%bd%95%e8%80%b6%e5%a4%a7%e7%9a%84%e5%84%bf%e5%ad%90%e6%92%92%e8%bf%a6%e5%88%a9%e4%ba%9a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/bible-faith\/devotional-notes\/2024\/03\/%e8%80%b6%e4%bd%95%e8%80%b6%e5%a4%a7%e7%9a%84%e5%84%bf%e5%ad%90%e6%92%92%e8%bf%a6%e5%88%a9%e4%ba%9a\/","title":{"rendered":"Zechariah Son of Jehoiada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">After the death of Jehoiada the priest, King Joash listened to the misguided advice of Judah&#8217;s leaders and reinstated idol worship. He disregarded the LORD&#8217;s warnings delivered through the prophets and strayed from the right path. He refused to repent, ignoring the stern warnings of Zechariah, Jehoiada&#8217;s son. Instead, he ordered Zechariah to be stoned to death in the courtyard of the temple. As Zechariah was dying, he said, &#8220;May the LORD see this and call you to account.&#8221; In stark contrast to Jehoiada, who commanded his soldiers not to kill Athaliah inside the temple to avoid defiling it, Joash now ordered the stoning of Jehoiada&#8217;s son Zechariah &#8220;in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.&#8221; Jehoiada had saved Joash and helped him ascend to the throne, yet Joash repaid good with evil. Thus, Zechariah prayed, &#8220;May the LORD see this and call you to account.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In the Hebrew original, the words for &#8220;call to account&#8221; and &#8220;seek&#8221; are the same, meaning &#8220;to look for.&#8221; This is the only place in the Book of Chronicles where God is described as &#8220;seeking&#8221; someone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>*This Zechariah is not the author of the Old Testament Book of Zechariah.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jerusalem_-_Pyramide_de_Zacharie-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jerusalem_-_Pyramide_de_Zacharie-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jerusalem_-_Pyramide_de_Zacharie-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jerusalem_-_Pyramide_de_Zacharie-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jerusalem_-_Pyramide_de_Zacharie-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jerusalem_-_Pyramide_de_Zacharie.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: The Tomb of Zechariah, located in the Kidron Valley at the foot of the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. The tomb is carved from a single block of stone and has no burial chamber. The lower part has three steps, the middle features Greek-style Ionic columns, and the upper part is an Egyptian-style pyramid. Jewish tradition holds that this is the tomb of Zechariah, son of Jehoiada the priest, possibly begun by Pharisees in the 1st century AD to &#8220;build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous&#8221; (Matthew 23:29), but it was never completed.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the death of Jehoiada the priest, King Joash listened to the misguided advice of Judah&#8217;s leaders and reinstated idol worship. He disregarded the LORD&#8217;s warnings delivered through the prophets and strayed from the right path. He refused to repent, ignoring the stern warnings of Zechariah, Jehoiada&#8217;s son. 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