Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Conspired

Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
And let us cut him off from the land of the living,
That his name be remembered no more.”
Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the sage, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike at him with our tongue, and let us give no heed to any of his words.”
Jeremiah 38:4
Then the officials said to the king, “Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch as he is discouraging the men of war who are left in this city and all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man is not seeking the well-being of this people but rather their harm.”

General references

2 Kings 12:2
Jehoash did right in the sight of the Lord all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Proverbs 9:7
He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself.
Proverbs 25:26
Like a trampled spring and a polluted well
Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Proverbs 28:17
A man who is laden with the guilt of human blood
Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.
Matthew 21:35
The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.
Luke 3:20
Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.