With Jehoiada’s death, however, there is a significant shift in the account of Joash, who reverses his early reforms in 24:17–22. In a scene reminiscent of Rehoboam earlier (2 Chronicles 10), Joash listens to the advice of unwise counselors, abandoning the temple and shifting allegiance to the goddess Asherah, consort of El, the chief god of the Canaanite pantheon. Before divine discipline falls on the nation, Yahweh graciously sends prophets to prompt repentance, culminating with Jehoiada’s son Zechariah. That an individual from sacred ranks plays a prophetic role is typical of the presentation in Chronicles (se…