Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
So
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.
Holman Bible
But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.
International Standard Version
But the people conspired against him, and at the direct orders of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD's Temple.
A Conservative Version
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of LORD.
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.
Amplified
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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will conspire against him, and stone him with stone by the commands of the king in the enclosure of the house of Jehovah.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded 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.
Modern King James verseion
And they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whereupon they conspired against him and stoned him with stones, at the commandment of the king: even in the court of the house of the LORD.
NET Bible
They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord's temple.
New Heart English Bible
They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
The 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.
Webster
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.
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.
Youngs 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,
Themes
Azariah » Son of johanan, possibly identical with zechariah, son of jehoiada
Christian ministers » Instances of persecution » Zechariah
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Joash
Joash » Put jehoiada's son to death
Joash » Wickedness of, after jehoiada's death
Martyrdom » Instances of » Zechariah
Persecution » Instances of » Of zachariah
Punishments » Stoning » Examples of
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Joash, killing zechariah
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Zechariah
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 24:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joash Repairs The Temple
20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood up above the people and said unto them, Thus saith God: Wherefore do ye transgress the commandments of Jehovah? And ye cannot prosper; for ye have forsaken Jehovah, and he hath forsaken you. 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah. 22 And king Joash remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah see and require it!
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Acts 7:58-59
and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.
Jeremiah 11:19
And I was like a tame lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
Jeremiah 18:18
And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Jeremiah 38:4-6
And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Matthew 21:35
And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew 23:34-37
Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;