2 Chronicles 23:12

12 When `Atalyah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:

2 Chronicles 23:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 23:12

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1).

2 Chronicles 23:12 In-Context

10 He set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.
11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put the crown on him, and [gave him] the testimony, and made him king: and Yehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said, [Long] live the king.
12 When `Atalyah 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 by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also [played] on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then `Atalyah tore her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!
14 Yehoiada the Kohen brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over the host, and said to them, Have her forth between the ranks; and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword: for the Kohen said, Don't kill her in the house of the LORD
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