His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him.<n id="1" /> He was buried<n id="2" /> with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.p>

One day,<n id="1" /> as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch,<n id="2" /> his sons<n id="3" /> Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword.<n id="4" /> They escaped to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.p>

He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the <sc>Lordsc> had said to David and to his son Solomon, &#8220;This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.<n id="1" />

&#8220;Go, seek an oracle from<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> for me and the people &#8211; for all Judah. Find out about<n id="2" /> the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s fury has been ignited against us,<n id="3" /> because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this scroll by doing all that it instructs us to do.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>