2 Chronicles 24:21
What does 2 Chronicles 24:21 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 24:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And they conspire against him, and stone him with stones by the command of the king, in the court of the house of Jehovah,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king's commandment in the court of the house of the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
Context
v.20And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you.
v.21This passage
v.22Thus 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, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a gentle lamb that is led 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.
- Acts 7:58
and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
- Matthew 21:35
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
- Matthew 23:34
Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
- Nehemiah 9:26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.