2 Chronicles 24:21

Modern

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

Traditional

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

And they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of YHWH.

Latin

Qui congregati adversus eum, miserunt lapides juxta regis imperium in atrio domus Domini.

Hebrew

English

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

Jehoiada carefully protected the Lord’s temple courtyard from bloodshed and preserved David's dynasty. Ironically, Zechariah, his son, was murdered there by King Joash, whom Jehoiada had protected during the coup. Jesus mentioned this murder when criticizing religious leaders (Matthew 23:35; Luke 11:51).
“May the LORD see this and call you to account”: This prayer for vengeance was similar to those King David prayed against Saul's injustices (compare Psalms 5:10; 7:9; 9:19–20; 28:4; 56:7; 139:19; see also “Prayers for Vengeance” Theme Note).

Theme notes and profiles

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.
Acts 7:58–59
They 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.
Matthew 23:34–37
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 from town to town.
Jeremiah 38:4–6
Then 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.”
Jeremiah 11:19
For 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 18:18
Then 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.”
Matthew 21:35
But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.