2 Chronicles 24:21
New International Version
But they plotted against him, and by order of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD’s temple.

New Living Translation
Then the leaders plotted to kill Zechariah, and King Joash ordered that they stone him to death in the courtyard of the LORD’s Temple.

English Standard Version
But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible
But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.

King James Bible
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 King James Version
So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.

NASB 1995
So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the LORD.

NASB 1977
So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the LORD.

Legacy Standard Bible
So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of Yahweh.

Amplified Bible
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.

Christian Standard Bible
But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the LORD’s temple.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the LORD’s temple.

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they rebelled against him and they stoned him with stones by the commandment of the King, in the court of the house of LORD JEHOVAH.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they conspired against him, and stone him by command of king Joas in the court of the Lord's house.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king's commandment in the court of the house of the Lord.

English Revised 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But they plotted against Zechariah, and by the king's order they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD's temple.

Good News Translation
King Joash joined in a conspiracy against Zechariah, and on the king's orders the people stoned Zechariah in the Temple courtyard.

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.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
And they conspire against him, and stone him [with] stone by the command of the king, in the court of the house of YHWH,

Majority Standard Bible
But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.

New American Bible
But they conspired against him, and at the king’s command they stoned him 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 Revised Standard Version
But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the LORD.

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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 Yahweh’s house.

Young's 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,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Wickedness of Joash
20Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’ ” 21But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD. 22Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”…

Cross References
Matthew 23:34
Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.

Matthew 23:35
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Luke 11:51
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

1 Kings 21:13
And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, "Naboth has cursed both God and the king!" So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

Nehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

Jeremiah 20:2
he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

conspired

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 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
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.

Jeremiah 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…

stoned him

Matthew 21:35
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

Matthew 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: …

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…

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2 Chronicles 24
1. Joash reigns well all the days of Jehoiada
4. He gives order for the repair of the temple
15. Jehoiada's death and honorable burial
17. Joash, falling into idolatry, slays Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
23. Joash is spoiled by the Syrians, and slain by Zabad and Jehozabad
27. Amaziah succeeds him














(21) And they conspired against him.--The conspiracy of 2Chronicles 24:25 was the Divine recompense for this one.

And stoned him.--The legal penalty of idolatry (Leviticus 20:2; Deuteronomy 17:2-5).

At the commandment of the king.--Probably Zechariah's words had been represented to Joash as treasonable. The Syrian invasion may have been already threatening, when his prophecy was uttered; and in that case it would be easy to allege against the prophet that his "wish was father to his thought." (Comp. the similar case of Jeremiah, Jeremiah 32:1-5; and 1Kings 21:8-13.) . . .

Verse 21. - Stoned him. Yet this was their Law's punishment for themselves, for idolaters (Leviticus 20:2). At the commandment of the king. The king, who had yielded to the flattering obeisance and worship of the princes, is now driven on a grievous length further. In the court of the house of the Lord. So Matthew 23:35, "between the temple [Revised Version, 'sanctuary'] and the altar."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But they conspired
וַיִּקְשְׁר֣וּ (way·yiq·šə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7194: To tie, gird, confine, compact, in love, league

against Zechariah,
עָלָ֔יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and by order
בְּמִצְוַ֣ת (bə·miṣ·waṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4687: Commandment

of the king,
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

they stoned him
וַיִּרְגְּמֻ֥הוּ (way·yir·gə·mu·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7275: To cast together, to lapidate

in the courtyard
בַּחֲצַ֖ר (ba·ḥă·ṣar)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 2691: A yard, a hamlet

of the house
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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