'Stead' in the Bible

Now it happened later that [Nahash] the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king in his place.

The Lord has returned upon you all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hands of Absalom your son. And behold, you are caught in your own evil, for you are a man of bloodshed!”