2 Kings 11:16

And they laid hands on her. And they pushed her through the way by which horses enter, beside the palace. And she was killed there.

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In The King James Version

And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.

In Context

15But Jehoiada gave orders to the centurions who were over the army, and he said to them: “Lead her away, beyond the precinct of the temple. And whoever will have followed her, let him be struck with the sword.” For the priest had said, “Do not allow her to be killed in the temple of the Lord.”

17Then Jehoiada formed a covenant between the Lord, and the king and the people, so that they would be the people of the Lord; and between the king and the people.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Whoever will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.

2 Chronicles 23:15And they laid hands on her neck. And when she had entered the gate for the horses at the king’s house, they put her to death there.

Matthew 7:2For with whatever judgment you judge, so shall you be judged; and with whatever measure you measure out, so shall it be measured back to you.

Revelation 16:5And I heard the Angel of the waters saying: “You are just, O Lord, who is and who was: the Holy One who has judged these things.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:14-17

13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the Lord . 14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. 15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the… Read the whole commentary →

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