Now it cameabout afterthisthat Joashdecidedto restorethe houseof the LORD.
They abandonedthe houseof the LORD,the Godof their fathers,and servedthe Asherimand the idols;so wrathcameupon Judahand Jerusalemfor thistheir guilt.
Jehoiadatooktwowivesfor him, and he becamethe fatherof sonsand daughters.
For the sonsof the wickedAthaliahhad brokeninto the houseof Godand evenusedthe holythingsof the houseof the LORDfor the Baals.
