Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
When he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it. These dying words, if they implied a vindictive imprecation, exhibit a striking contrast to the spirit of the first Christian martyr (Acts 7:60). But, instead of being the expression of a personal wish, they might be the utterance of a prophetic doom. The resting place of Zechariah is still pointed out, according to immemorial tradition, in a monument detached from the rock which fronts the area of the temple and bearing a strong resemblance to that of Absalom (so-called).