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Zechariah was the son of Jehoiada, the High Priest in the times of Ahaziah and Jehoash of Judah. After the death of Jehoiada, Zechariah condemned both King Jehoash and the people for their rebellion against God ( 2 Chronicles 24:20 ). This so stirred up their resentment against him that at the king's commandment they stoned him, and he died "in ...
According to the Rabbis, Zechariah was the son-in-law of the king, and, being also a priest, prophet, and judge, he dared censure the monarch. He was killed in the priests' courtyard of the Temple on a Sabbath which was likewise the Day of Atonement. Later, when Nebuzar-adan came to destroy the Temple, Zechariah's blood began to boil.
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Zechariah ben Jehoiada. Knowledge Base » People & Events » People » Biblical Personalities » Kings and Prophets » The Prophets » Zechariah ben Jehoiada. 1 result. Sort by: Relevance. Zechariah ben Jehoiada: (d. 661 BCE) Mentioned in II Chronicles 24, was killed in the Holy Temple courtyard while trying to prevent the erection of an idol ...
—Biblical Data: A reforming priest who lived under King Joash of Judah. He reproved the idolaters, announcing God's judgment against them; and a conspiracy was formed against him that resulted in his being stoned in the court of the Temple at the command of the king, who "remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him" (2 Chronicles 24:22).
Zechariah ben Jehoiada was the last martyr in the last book of the Hebrew Bible, Chronicles, so Jesus may have been speaking canonically, the equivalent of "all the martyrs from Genesis to Revelation." Nevertheless that Zechariah was the son of Jehoiada, not Berechiah, and Jesus mentioned Berechiah as the father of the Zechariah He meant.
Zechariah Ben Jehoiada was the son of Jehoiada, the high priest in the times of Ahaziah and Jehoash of Judah (Joash). After the death of Jehoiada, Zechariah boldly condemned both king Jehoash and the people for their rebellion against God (2 Chronicles 24:20). This so stirred up their resentment against him that at the king's commandment they stoned him, and he died "in the court of the house ...
Jul 27, 2020 · [3] Kalmin casts doubt on the identification of Zechariah in the rabbinic story with Zechariah ben Jehoiada in Chronicles. Ibid., pp. 135-37, 141, 152-60. Nonetheless, medieval Jews commonly assumed that the story’s Zechariah is the Zechariah in Chronicles (e.g. Rashi Gittin 57b, s.v. shel zekhariah), and that assumption persists today.
