2 Chronicles 24:21 meaning and explanation

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

2 Chronicles 24:21, Berean Standard Bible

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Zechariah, son of the priest Jehoiada, had just confronted Judah's leaders with a prophetic word from God: they had forsaken the LORD, so He had forsaken them. The people responded not with repentance but with a conspiracy, and King Joash gave the order to stone him in the courtyard of the LORD's house.

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