2 Kings 11:16

So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house; and there was she slain.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

15And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them: 'Have her forth between the ranks; and him that followeth her slay with the sword'; for the priest said: 'Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.'

17And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.

2 Chronicles 23:15So they made way for her; and she went to the entry of the horse gate to the king's house; and they slew her there.

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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