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2 Chronicles 24:21

But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple. They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the mitzvah of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord . But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord . But the king and his officers made plans against Zechariah. At the king's command they threw stones at him in the courtyard of the Temple of the Lord until he died. They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord 's temple. So they conspired against Zechariah and stoned him [to death] at the command of the king, in the courtyard of the house of the LORD. So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the house of the LORD. They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh. Then they conspired against him & stoned him with stones at the commandement of the King, in the court of the house of the Lord. So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of Yahweh. But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD. King Joash forgot that Zechariah's father had always been a loyal friend. So when the people of Judah plotted to kill Zechariah, Joash joined them and gave orders for them to stone him to death in the courtyard of the temple. As Zechariah was dying, he said, "I pray that the Lord will see this and punish all of you." But they conspired against him and stoned him to death at the order of the king in the courtyard of the house of Adonai . And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah. But the people made plans against Zechariah. The king commanded the people to kill Zechariah, so they threw rocks at him until he was dead. The people did this in the courtyard of the Lord 's Temple. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. King Joash joined in a conspiracy against Zechariah, and on the king's orders the people stoned Zechariah in the Temple courtyard. Then they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the courtyard of the house of Yahweh. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones by the command of the king, in the court of the house of Jehovah. Neuertheles they conspyred agaynst him, & stoned him at ye kynges comaundement in ye courte of the house of the LORDE. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah. But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commaundement of the king, euen in the court of the house of the Lorde. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandement of the king, in the court of the house of the Lord. And they conspired against him, and stone him by command of king Joas in the court of the Lord’s house. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. Whiche weren gaderide togidere ayens hym, and senten stonys, bi comaundement `of the kyng, in the large place of the hows of the Lord. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD. Then the leaders plotted to kill Zechariah, and King Joash ordered that they stone him to death in the courtyard of the Lord 's Temple. So they made plans against him. At the king's word, they killed Zechariah with stones in the open space of the Lord's house. But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the Lord . So they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones, by the commandment of the king, - in the court of the house of Yahweh. And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king’s commandment in the court of the house of the Lord. But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD. And they conspire against him, and stone him with stones by the command of the king, in the court of the house of Jehovah, And they conspire against him, and stone him [with] stone by the command of the king, in the court of the house of YHWH, But they worked out a plot against Zechariah, and with the complicity of the king—he actually gave the order!—they murdered him, pelting him with rocks, right in the court of The Temple of God . That's the thanks King Joash showed the loyal Jehoiada, the priest who had made him king. He murdered Jehoiada's son. Zechariah's last words were, "Look, God ! Make them pay for this!" So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the LORD.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Azariah;   Homicide;   Joash;   Martyrdom;   Minister, Christian;   Persecution;   Rulers;   Zechariah (Zecharias);   Thompson Chain Reference - Apostles;   Church;   Martyrs;   Ministers;   Murder;   Murderers;   Nation, the;   Persecution;   Punishments;   Stoning;   Suffering for Righteousness' S;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zacharias;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoash;   Jehoiada;   Scriptures;   Zechariah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kill, Killing;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Jehoiada;   Zacharias;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blood;   Chronicles, Books of;   Zechariah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Zachariah, Zacharias;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Old Testament (Ii. Christ as Student and Interpreter of).;   Persecution;   Quotations (2);   Winter ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jehoiada ;   Joash ;   Zacharias ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Joash;   Zacharias;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Zachari'as;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Barachias;   Zechariah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Canon of the Old Testament;   Chronicles, Books of;   Jehoash;   Zechariah (1);   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Azariah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Joash;   Nebuzar-Adan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.
Hebrew Names Version
They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the mitzvah of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
King James Version
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord .
English Standard Version
But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord .
New Century Version
But the king and his officers made plans against Zechariah. At the king's command they threw stones at him in the courtyard of the Temple of the Lord until he died.
New English Translation
They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord 's temple.
Amplified Bible
So they conspired against Zechariah and stoned him [to death] at the command of the king, in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
World English Bible
They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then they conspired against him & stoned him with stones at the commandement of the King, in the court of the house of the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
King Joash forgot that Zechariah's father had always been a loyal friend. So when the people of Judah plotted to kill Zechariah, Joash joined them and gave orders for them to stone him to death in the courtyard of the temple. As Zechariah was dying, he said, "I pray that the Lord will see this and punish all of you."
Complete Jewish Bible
But they conspired against him and stoned him to death at the order of the king in the courtyard of the house of Adonai .
Darby Translation
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
But the people made plans against Zechariah. The king commanded the people to kill Zechariah, so they threw rocks at him until he was dead. The people did this in the courtyard of the Lord 's Temple.
George Lamsa Translation
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
Good News Translation
King Joash joined in a conspiracy against Zechariah, and on the king's orders the people stoned Zechariah in the Temple courtyard.
Lexham English Bible
Then they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the courtyard of the house of Yahweh.
Literal Translation
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones by the command of the king, in the court of the house of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles they conspyred agaynst him, & stoned him at ye kynges comaundement in ye courte of the house of the LORDE.
American Standard Version
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commaundement of the king, euen in the court of the house of the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandement of the king, in the court of the house of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they conspired against him, and stone him by command of king Joas in the court of the Lord’s house.
English Revised Version
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whiche weren gaderide togidere ayens hym, and senten stonys, bi comaundement `of the kyng, in the large place of the hows of the Lord.
Update Bible Version
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
New King James Version
So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD.
New Living Translation
Then the leaders plotted to kill Zechariah, and King Joash ordered that they stone him to death in the courtyard of the Lord 's Temple.
New Life Bible
So they made plans against him. At the king's word, they killed Zechariah with stones in the open space of the Lord's house.
New Revised Standard
But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones, by the commandment of the king, - in the court of the house of Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king’s commandment in the court of the house of the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
And they conspire against him, and stone him with stones by the command of the king, in the court of the house of Jehovah,
THE MESSAGE
But they worked out a plot against Zechariah, and with the complicity of the king—he actually gave the order!—they murdered him, pelting him with rocks, right in the court of The Temple of God . That's the thanks King Joash showed the loyal Jehoiada, the priest who had made him king. He murdered Jehoiada's son. Zechariah's last words were, "Look, God ! Make them pay for this!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

15Jehoiada died when he was old and full of days; he was 130 years old at his death. 15 But Yehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; one hundred thirty years old was he when he died. 15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. 15 But Jehoiada grew old and full of days, and died. He was 130 years old at his death. 15 Jehoiada grew old and lived many years. Then he died when he was one hundred thirty years old. 15 Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130. 15Now when Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, he died. He was a hundred and thirty years old at his death. 15 Now Jehoiada reached a good old age and he died; he was 130 years old at his death. 15 But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; one hundred thirty years old was he when he died. 15 But Iehoiada waxed olde, and was ful of dayes and dyed. An hundreth and thirtie yeere olde was he when he dyed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

conspired: Jeremiah 11:19, Jeremiah 18:18, Jeremiah 38:4-6

stoned him: Matthew 21:35, Matthew 23:34-37, Acts 7:58, Acts 7:59

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 13:10 - stone him 1 Samuel 22:18 - he fell 1 Kings 12:18 - all Israel 1 Kings 21:11 - did as Jezebel 2 Chronicles 10:18 - stoned him 2 Chronicles 24:25 - for the blood 2 Chronicles 25:16 - Art thou made 2 Chronicles 36:17 - in the house Nehemiah 9:26 - slew Proverbs 25:26 - General Proverbs 28:17 - General Ecclesiastes 7:15 - there is a just Jeremiah 2:30 - your own sword Jeremiah 19:14 - he stood Jeremiah 20:2 - smote Jeremiah 26:2 - Stand Matthew 23:37 - thou Luke 4:28 - were Luke 13:34 - killest Hebrews 11:37 - stoned

Cross-References

Genesis 24:1
Avraham was old, and well stricken in age. The LORD had blessed Avraham in all things.
Genesis 24:1
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old, advanced in age, and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in everything.
Genesis 24:1
Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.
Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything.
Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old, [well] advanced in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old, advanced in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in every way.
Genesis 24:1
Nowe Abraham was olde, and striken in yeeres, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old, advanced in age; and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in every way.
Genesis 24:1
Abraham was now a very old man. The Lord had made him rich, and he was successful in everything he did.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they conspired against him,.... Consulted together to take away his life, and got the order of the king to do it:

and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord; where he had stood and reproved them; this they did before he went out, while in the temple; and if he is the same Zechariah, as some think, our Lord speaks of, he was slain between the temple porch and the altar, Matthew 23:35,

Matthew 23:35- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the court of the house of the Lord - “Between the altar and the Temple,” or directly in front of the temple porch, if it be this Zechariah of whom our Lord speaks Matthew 23:35. A horror of the impious deed long possessed the Jews, who believed that the b ood could not be effaced, but continued to bubble on the stones of the court, like blood newly shed, until the temple was entered, just prior to its destruction, by Nebuzaradan.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 24:21. Stoned him - at the commandment of the king — What a most wretched and contemptible man was this, who could imbrue his hands in the blood of a prophet of God, and the son of the man who had saved him from being murdered, and raised him to the throne! Alas, alas! Can even kings forget benefits? But when a man falls from God, the devil enters into him; and then he is capable of every species of cruelty.


 
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