22 And Reuben answered them, ^z“Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now ^athere comes a reckoning for his blood.”

22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see ^yand avenge!”¹

18 ^wIf I say to the wicked, ^x‘You shall surely die,’ ^vand you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person ^yshall die for¹ his iniquity, ^zbut his blood I will require at your hand.