2 Chronicles 23:15

So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king`s house: and they slew her there.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king’s house, they slew her there.

In Context

14And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword: for the priest said, Slay her not in the house of Jehovah.

16And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah`s people.

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Cross References

Judges 1:7And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

2 Chronicles 22:10Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

Psalms 5:6Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

Jeremiah 31:40And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto Jehovah; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.

James 2:13For judgment [is] without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 23:13-21

Joash Crowned and Athaliah Slain. ( b. c. 878.) 12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the Lord : 13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. 14… Read the whole commentary →

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