2 Re 11:14

14 E riguardò; ed ecco il re, che stava in piè sopra la pila, secondo il costume, e i capitani e i trombettieri erano presso del re, e tutto il popolo del paese era allegro, e sonava con le trombe. Allora Atalia si stracciò le vesti, e gridò: Congiura, congiura.

2 Re 11:14 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 11:14

And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as
the manner was
Of kings, when they came into the temple on any occasion, civil or religious, therefore it is called his pillar, ( 2 Chronicles 23:13 ) ( 2 Kings 23:3 ) ( 2 Chronicles 34:1 ) , some think this was the brazen scaffold erected by Solomon, ( 2 Chronicles 6:13 ) , though Vitringa ^F5 and Bishop Patrick suppose it to be the post of the east gate of the inner court, from ( Ezekiel 46:2 ) , according to Jacob Leo ^F6, this was the royal throne in the court of the Israelites, near the high or upper gate, on a marble pillar, where the kings of the house of David sat, when they came into the sanctuary to see the Lord in the second temple; this throne was like an high tower, standing upon two pillars, each twenty cubits high, and their circumference twelve; here sat Joash, and Hezekiah, and Josiah; however, Athaliah saw Jehoash with the crown on his head, and in the place where kings used to sit or stand:

and the princes and the trumpeters by the king;
the rulers of the courses of the priests, and the Levites, blowing the trumpets:

and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets;
it is added, in ( 2 Chronicles 23:13 ) that the singers played also on musical instruments; that were then and there assembled:

and Athaliah rent her clothes;
through grief, and as one almost distracted:

and cried, treason, treason!
to try if she could get any to take her part, and seize on the new king, and those that set him up.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Proleghom. de Synagog. Vet. c. 4. p. 32.
F6 Apud Wagenseil. Sotah, p. 680.

2 Re 11:14 In-Context

12 Allora Gioiada menò fuori il figliuolo del re, e pose sopra lui la benda reale, e gli ornamenti; ed essi lo fecero re, e l’unsero; e tutti, battendo palma a palma, dicevano: Viva il re.

13 Or Atalia udì il romore de’ sergenti e del popolo, e se ne venne al popolo, nella Casa del Signore.

14 E riguardò; ed ecco il re, che stava in piè sopra la pila, secondo il costume, e i capitani e i trombettieri erano presso del re, e tutto il popolo del paese era allegro, e sonava con le trombe. Allora Atalia si stracciò le vesti, e gridò: Congiura, congiura.

15 E il sacerdote Gioiada comandò a que’ capi delle centinaia, che aveano la condotta di quell’esercito, e disse loro: Menatela fuor degli ordini; e chiunque la seguiterà sia ucciso con la spada. Perciocchè il sacerdote avea detto: Non facciasi morire nella Casa del Signore.

16 Essi adunque le fecero largo; e come ella se ne ritornava per la via dell’entrata dei cavalli verso la casa del re, fu quivi uccisa.