2 Chronicles 23:15

And they made way for her: and she went to the entrance of the horse-gate by the king's house, and they put her to death there.

Leeser Tanakh

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

14But Yehoyada' the priest ordered the captains of the hundreds, the commanders of the army, to go out, and said unto them, Lead her forth to within the ranges; and he that followeth her shall be put to death with the sword. For the priest had said, Ye shall not put her to death in the house of the Lord.

16And Yehoyada' made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be a people unto the Lord.

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Cross References

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

2 Chronicles 22:10And when 'Athalyahu the mother of Achazyahu saw that her son was dead, she arose and exterminated all the royal seed of the house of Judah.

Psalms 5:6(5:7) Thou wilt destroy those that speak lies: the man of blood and deceit the Lord abhorreth.

Jeremiah 31:40(31:39) And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all fields as far as the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse-gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord: it shall not be plucked up, nor overthrown any more to eternity.

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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