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Zechariah ben Jehoiada
The word “martyr” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 2 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Zechariah ben Jehoiada / z ɛ k ə ˈ r aɪ . ə / ( Hebrew : זְכַרְיָה בן יהוידע , Modern : Zekharya ben Yehoyada , Tiberian : Zəḵaryā ; Zakariya bin Yehuyada ) is regarded as one of the Prophets of the Tanakh in Judaism , is possibly alluded to in the New Testament of Christianity, and appears in the traditional texts of Islam. He is mostly known for the event that led to his martyrdom and the miraculous incident during the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II .1
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Today
“martyr” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 2. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
son of jehoiada
Now
figure in the hebrew bible described as a priest who was stoned to death by jehoash of judah
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