Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Interlinear
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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, who stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus says God, Why transgress you the commandments of the LORD, that you cannot prosper? because you have forsaken the LORD, he has also forsaken you. 21 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. 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and repay it.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their backs, and slew your prophets who testified against them to turn them to you, and they worked great provocations.
Acts 7:58-59
And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not 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 may be no more remembered.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise plots against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Jeremiah 38:4-6
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech you, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakens the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeks not the welfare of this people, but the harm.
Matthew 21:35
And the tenants took his servants, and beat one, and 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 you shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: