2 Kings 11:16

16 So they seized her as she reached the place where the horses enter the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.

2 Kings 11:16 in Other Translations

16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.

16 So they laid hands on her; and she went through the horses' entrance to the king's house, and there she was put to death.

16 So they seized her and led her out to the gate where horses enter the palace grounds, and she was killed there.

16 So they dragged her out to the palace's horse corral; there they killed her.

16 So they arrested her, and she went out by way of the Horses' Entrance to the king's palace, where she was put to death.

2 Kings 11:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 11:16

And they laid hands on her
Or rather,

``set a place for her'',

as the Targum; so Jarchi and Kimchi; made a space, opened a way for her to come out of the temple into their ranks, that she might be there taken and slain, and not in the temple:

and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's
house;
either the high road in which the horses and carriages went to the palace, or the way to the king's stables near the palace: and there was she slain; they let her go so far, which was far enough from the temple, and then they slew her.

2 Kings 11:16 In-Context

14 She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar, as the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her robes and called out, “Treason! Treason!”

15 Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of units of a hundred, who were in charge of the troops: “Bring her out between the ranks and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the temple of the LORD.”

16 So they seized her as she reached the place where the horses enter the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.

17 Jehoiada then made a covenant between the LORD and the king and people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

18 All the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. Then Jehoiada the priest posted guards at the temple of the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. Nehemiah 3:28; Jeremiah 31:40
• 2. S Genesis 4:14