2 Chronicles 24:21
19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
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 require it.
23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the LORD’s house.
- ASV
- And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
- BLB
- And they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Men de sammensvor seg mot ham og steinet ham på kongens befaling i forgården til Herrens hus.
- OTB
- Så de la planer mot ham, og etter kongens befaling steinet de ham til døde i forgården til Herrens tempel.
- B1930
- Men de sammensvor sig mot ham og stenet ham på kongens befaling i forgården til Herrens hus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nehemiah 9:26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Read in contextActs 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 38:4–6
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth 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 seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Read in contextJeremiah 18:18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices 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 smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Read in contextJeremiah 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 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.
Read in contextMatthew 23:34–37
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Read in contextMatthew 21:35
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
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