2 Chronicles 24:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.”
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“But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they conspire against him, and stone him with stones by the command of the king, in the court of the house of Jehovah,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Chronicles 24:21 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 25:16While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
- Nehemiah 9:26But 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.
- Psalms 94:21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
- Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
- Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
- Jeremiah 38:4Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
- Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
- Matthew 21:35But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
- Matthew 23:34Because 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.
- Acts 7:58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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