2 Chronicles 24:21

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19 Yet He ^asent prophets to them, to bring them back to the Lord; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.

20 Then the Spirit of God¹ came upon ^aZechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God: ^b‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? ^cBecause you have forsaken the Lord, He also has forsaken you.’ ”

21 So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they ^astoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord.

22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son; and as he died, he said, “The Lord look on it, and ^arepay!”

Death of Joash

23 So it happened in the spring of the year that ^athe army of Syria came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, and sent all their¹ spoil to the king of Damascus.

24 For the army of the Syrians ^acame with a small company of men; but the Lord ^bdelivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they ^cexecuted judgment against Joash.

25 And when they had withdrawn from him (for they left him severely wounded), ^ahis own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the¹ sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

26 These are the ones who conspired against him:¹ Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

27 Now concerning his sons, and ^athe many oracles about him, and the repairing of the house of God, indeed they are written in the¹ annals of the book of the kings. ^bThen Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

Verse Comparison: 2 Chronicles 24:21

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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® Bible
They conspired against Zechariah the priest and stoned him at the command of the king in the court of the Lord's house!

Contemporary English Version
King Joash forgot that Zechariah's father had always been a loyal friend. So when the people of Judah plotted to kill Zechariah, Joash joined them and gave orders for them to stone him to death in the courtyard of the temple. As Zechariah was dying, he said, "I pray that the LORD will see this and punish all of you."

Darby English Version
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.

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

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.

New American 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 the LORD.

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 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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
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.

Revised 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.

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,

New English Translation
They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.

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