2 Chronicles 23:13

13 As she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar^[a] at the entrance. The commanders and the trumpeters were by the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets^[b] while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praise. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, "Treason, treason!"

2 Chronicles 23:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 23:13

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1).

2 Chronicles 23:13 In-Context

11 They brought out the king's son, put the crown on him, gave him the testimony, and made him king. Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and cried, "Long live the king!"

12 When Athaliah heard the noise from the troops, the guards, and those praising the king, she went to the troops in the Lord's temple.

13 As she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The commanders and the trumpeters were by the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praise. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, "Treason, treason!"

14 Then Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds, those in charge of the army, saying, "Take her out between the ranks, and put anyone who follows her to death by the sword," for the priest had said, "Don't put her to death in the Lord's temple.

15 So they arrested her, and she went by the entrance of the Horses' Gate to the king's palace, where they put her to death.

Footnotes

• [a]. LXX reads post
• [b]. Nm 10:7-10