2nd Kings Chapter 11 verse 16 Holy Bible
So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house: and there was she slain.
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So they put their hands on her, and she went to the king's house by the doorway of the horses, and there she was put to death.
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And they made way for her, and she went by the way by which the horses entered the king's house, and there was she put to death.
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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.
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And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
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So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house: and there was she slain.
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And they make for her sides, and she entereth the way of the entering in of the horses to the house of the king, and is put to death there.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - And they laid hands on her. So the LXX. (ἐπέθηκαν αὐτῇ χεῖρας), the Vulgate, Luther, and others; but most moderns understand that they formed in two lines, one on either side of her, and so let her pass out of the temple and proceed towards the palace untouched - the divinity that hedged a queen preventing them from molesting her until the time came for her execution (see the Revised Version). And she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house. Josephus makes Athaliah pass out of the temple by the east gate, and descend into the Kedron valley. He says she was put to death "at the gate of the king's mules," but does not mark the locality. The gate intended can scarcely be the "horse gate" of Nehemiah 3:28, which was in the eastern wall, and north of the temple. It was probably a gate on the western side of the Tyropoeon valley, giving entrance to the stables of the palace (comp. 2 Chronicles 23:15, and see below, ver. 20). And there was she slain; "with the sword" (ver. 20). A single blow from one of the guardsmen probably sufficed.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) They laid hands on her.--So the LXX. and Vulg. The Hebrew phrase means: and they made room for her on both sides--i.e., the crowd fell back, and a lane was formed for her exit (so the Targum and Rashi).She went . . . king's house.--She entered the palace by way of the entry of the horses. Athaliah was conducted to the royal stables which adjoined the palace, and there put to death.
