KJV King James Version
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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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.
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.
So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.
So they made way for her. She went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king’s house; and they killed her there.
So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king’s house: and they slew her there.
And they make for her sides, and she cometh in unto the entrance of the gate of the horses at the house of the king, and they put her to death there.
12 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:
13 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.
14 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.
15 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.
16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’S people.
17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as [it is] written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, [as it was ordained] by David.
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