So they seized Athaliah as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.
Parallel translations
- WEB So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses’ entry to the king’s house, and she was slain there.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV So they seized her; and she went by way of the horses’ entrance into the king’s house, and there she was killed.
- NASB So they seized her, and when they brought her to the horses’ entrance of the king’s house, she was put to death there.
- NLT So they seized her and led her out to the gate where horses enter the palace grounds, and she was killed there.
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Quick answer
Athaliah is led to the palace entrance and put to death there. The wicked queen's reign ends.
Overview
She is slain at the horses' entry by the king's house, away from the temple as Jehoiada directed. Her death removes the last obstacle to Joash's rightful rule. The fall of Ahab's daughter completes the judgment on his house and clears the way for the renewal of true worship in Judah.
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Cross-references · 6
- Gen 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
- Rev 16:5–7And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.
- 2 Chr 23:15So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate to the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.
- Jas 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Matt 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
- Judg 1:7Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
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Amid the long decline toward exile, the promise to David's house refuses to die; the flickering lamp kept burning anticipates the coming King who will not fail or be cut off.
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