2 Kings 11:16

So they seized her; and she went by the way of the horses’ entry to the king’s house, and she was slain 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

15Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, “Bring her out between the ranks. Kill anyone who follows her with the sword.” For the priest said, “Don’t let her be slain in the LORD’s house.”

17Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; also between the king and the people.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

2 Chronicles 23:15So they made way for her. She went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king’s house; and they killed her there.

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

Revelation 16:5I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, who are and who were, O Holy One, because you have 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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