Bible Person
Male · 3 cross references
This Zacharias entry refers to the son of Jehoiada who is stoned in the temple court after confronting Judah's rebellion, not to John the Baptist's father. He is a priestly truth-teller murdered at the center of worship. First appears in 2 Chr 24:20.1
AI summary: This Zacharias matters because the cross references present him as a righteous rebuker whose death takes place in the very precincts meant to honor God. Jesus' later appeal to his murder shows how his blood becomes emblematic of a long pattern of rejecting God's messengers. Taken together, the material presents this Zacharias as a martyred priestly witness whose death exposes the depth of covenant betrayal in Judah.1
Central Figure
Zacharias
The son or grandson of Jehoiada, the high priest in the times of Ahaziah and Joash.
The son or grandson of Jehoiada, the high priest in the times of Ahaziah and Joash. After the death of Jehoiada he boldly condemned both the king and the people for their rebellion against God (2 Chr. 24:20), which so stirred up their resentment against him that at the king’s commandment they stoned him with stones, and he died “in the court of the house of the Lord” (24:21). Christ alludes to this deed of murder in Matt. 23:35, Luke 11:51. (See ZACHARIAS [2].) 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.