2 Chronicles 24:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְשְׁר֣וּ עָלָ֔יו וַיִּרְגְּמֻ֥הוּ אֶ֖בֶן בְּמִצְוַ֣ת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ בַּחֲצַ֖ר בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-yiqsheru upon-him and-yirgemuhu ʾeven in-mitsvat the-melekh in-hatsar beyt YHWH

Grammar Details

*yiqsheru*: Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they conspired
*yirgemuhu*: Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and they stoned him
*ʾeven*: noun, feminine singular - stone
*mitsvat*: noun, feminine singular construct - command of
*melekh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the king
*hatsar*: noun, masculine singular construct - court of
*beyt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/the LORD

Word Meanings

*yiqsheru*: conspired/plotted/made a conspiracy
*yirgemuhu* *ʾeven*: stoned him with stones
*hatsar*: court/courtyard

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Neh 9:26 : 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.
Acts 7:58-59 : 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. 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [the Lord], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Jer 11:19 : 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.
Jer 18:18 : 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.
Jer 38:4-6 : 4 Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. 5 And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you. 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Matt 21:35 : 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Matt 23:34-37 : 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: 35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

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