King James Version
What Does 2 Chronicles 23:12 Mean?
“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:”
Context
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And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. side: Heb. shoulder temple: Heb. house
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Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king. God: Heb. Let the king live
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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. Treason: Heb. Conspiracy
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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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers**THE EXECUTION OF ATHALIAH** (2Chronicles 23:12-21).
(See 2Kings 11:13-20.)
(12) **Now when Athaliah . . . she came.**—*And Athaliah heard . . . and she came.*
**The noise of the people running and praising the king.**—Or, *the noise of the people, the Couriers, and those who were acclaiming the king.* (1Kings 11:13, “the noise of the runners, the people;” where *the people* may be an inadvertent repetition, as the same expression follows directly. The rest of the verse is the same as here.)
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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