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Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges* : and whoso followeth* her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priestsaid , Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 23:14 In-Context
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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:
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And she looked , and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, 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 musick, and such as taught to sing praise . Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said , Treason, Treason.
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Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges : and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said , Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
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So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
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And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.