2 Chronicles 23:14

14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over the host, and said unto them, "Take her forth among the ranks. And whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword." For the priest said, "Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

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 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 entrance, 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 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over the host, and said unto them, "Take her forth among the ranks. And whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword." For the priest said, "Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

15 So they laid hands on her; and when she had come to the entrance of the Horse Gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him and between all the people and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.