This is an idiom which means that the Spirit of God influenced Zechariah and enabled him to prophesy. See how you translated a similar phrase in [2 Chronicles 15:1](../15/01.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
This was not the same man as Zechariah son of Berechiah who wrote the Book of Zechariah.
# Why do you transgress the commandments of Yahweh, so that you cannot prosper?
Zechariah asked this rhetorical question to rebuke the people. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "You are transgressing the commandments of Yahweh, so that is why you cannot prosper." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# ignored the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had done to him
Joash did not pay attention to the way that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had been kind to Joash.
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