2 Chronicles 23:15

So they made way for her, and she came into the entrance of the horse-gate of the house of the king,—and they slew her there.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

14Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds, officers of the force, and said unto them, Take her forth within the ranks, and he that cometh in after her let him be slain with the sword,—for, said the priest, Ye must not slay her in the house of Yahweh!

16And Jehoiada solemnised a covenant, between himself and all the people, and the king,—that they should become a people unto Yahweh.

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Cross References

Judges 1:7Then said Adoni-bezek—Seventy kings, with their thumbs and great toes cut off, have been picking up crumbs under my table, as I have done, so, hath God requited me. And they brought him into Jerusalem, and he died there.

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

Psalms 5:6Thou wilt destroy them who speak falsehood,—The man of bloodshed and of deceit, Yahweh abhorreth.

Jeremiah 31:40And, all the vale of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron torrent-bed, as far as the horse-gate corner on the east, Shall be holy unto Yahweh,—It shall not be rooted up, nor thrown down, any more, unto times age-abiding.

James 2:13For, the judgment, [will be] without mercy, unto him that hath shewed no mercy: Mercy, boasteth, over 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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