And it came to pass afterward that it came into the heart of Joash to repair the house of the Lord.

but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have caused Judah and its inhabitants in Jerusalem to play the harlot, as the house of Ahab caused [Israel] to play the harlot, and you have slain your brethren, the sons of your father, who were better than yourself.

And he returned and built the high places, which his father Hezekiah had pulled down, and set up images to the Baals, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

And he built altars to all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

And he set the graven [image], the molten [statue], the idol which he made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;

And it came to pass in the time of Solomon's old age, that his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as [was] the heart of David his father.

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the abomination of the Sidonians.

[This translation omits this verse.]

And they built for themselves high places, and pillars, and [planted] groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree.

And Jehu the prophet, the son of Hanani went out to meet him, and said to him, King Jehoshaphat, do you help a sinner, or act friendly towards one hated of the Lord? Therefore has wrath come upon you from the Lord.

and said to them, You shall not bring the prisoners here to us, for whereas sin against the Lord [is already] upon us, [and] you mean to add to our sins, and to our trespass: for our sin [is] great, and the fierce anger of the Lord [is] upon Israel.

And the Lord was very angry with Judah and Jerusalem, and made them an astonishment, and a desolation, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.

But Hezekiah did not recompense the Lord according to the favor shown him, but his heart was lifted up. And wrath came upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

And all the great men of Judah, and the priests, and the people of the land transgressed abundantly in the abominations of the heathen, and polluted the house of the Lord which [was] in Jerusalem.

Nevertheless they sneered at His messengers, and despised His words, and mocked His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose up against His people, till there was no remedy.

Lo! Did not Achan the [son] of Zerah commit a trespass, [taking] of the accursed thing, and there was wrath on the whole congregation of Israel? And he himself died alone in his own sin.

They chose new gods; then the cities of rulers fought; there was not a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel.

And the Lord caused His anger to burn forth again in Israel, and [Satan] stirred up David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

The princes of Judah have become as those that removed the landmarks: I will pour out upon them My fury as water.

Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment under foot, for he began to go after vanities.

For I am as a panther to Ephraim, and as a lion to the house of Judah. And I will tear, and go away; and I will take, and there shall be none to deliver.

And I will stretch out My hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will remove the names of Baal out of this place, and the names of the priests;

and them that turn aside from the Lord, and them that seek not the Lord, and them that cleave not to the Lord.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.