2 Chronicles 23:14

14 Jehoiada the priest ordered the military officers, "Drag her outside - and kill anyone who tries to follow her!" (The priest had said, "Don't kill her inside The Temple of God."

2 Chronicles 23:14 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 23:14

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1).

2 Chronicles 23:14 In-Context

12 Athaliah, hearing all the commotion, the people running around and praising the king, came to The Temple to see what was going on.

13 Astonished, she saw the young king standing at the entrance flanked by the captains and heralds, with everybody beside themselves with joy, trumpets blaring, the choir and orchestra leading the praise. Athaliah ripped her robes in dismay and shouted, "Treason! Treason!"

14 Jehoiada the priest ordered the military officers, "Drag her outside - and kill anyone who tries to follow her!" (The priest had said, "Don't kill her inside The Temple of God."

15 So they dragged her out to the palace's horse corral and there they killed her.

16 Jehoiada now made a covenant between himself and the king and the people: they were to be God's special people.