Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Chronicles 24:21
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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.
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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.
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They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the LORD’s house.
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And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
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2 Chronicles 24
19 Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them, but they would not listen.
20 Then 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.’”
21 But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
22 Thus 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.”
23 In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.
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