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2 Kings 11:15 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 11 · verse 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 ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.2 Kings 11:15 · King James Version
2 Kings 11:15 in context
13And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
14And 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.
15But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
16And 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.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- JehoiadaYᵉhôwyâdâʻJehojada, the name of three IsraelitesH3077 →
- captainssara head personH8269 →
- hundredsmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- officerspâqadto visitH6485 →
- withoutbayitha houseH1004 →
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We may suppose it was designed when they had finished the solemnity of the king's inauguration, to pay a visit to Athaliah, and call her to an account for her murders, usurpation, and tyranny; but, like her mother Jezebel, she saved them the labour, went out to meet them, and hastened her own destruction. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-16