KJV King James Version
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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2 Kings 11:16
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So they seized Athaliah as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.
WEB World English Bible
So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses’ entry to the king’s house. She was slain there.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 11
13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard [and] of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner [was], and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
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.
17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’S people; between the king also and the people.
18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
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וַיָּשִׂ֤מוּH7760 · sumto set: makeלָהּ֙H9034 · haherיָדַ֔יִםH3027 · yadhandוַתָּב֛וֹאH935 · boto come (in): comeדֶּֽרֶךְ־H1870 · de.rekhway: conductמְב֥וֹאH3996 · ma.voentranceהַסּוּסִ֖יםH5483 · susswallowבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהַמֶּ֑לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוַתּוּמַ֖תH4191 · mutto dieשָֽׁם׃ סH8033 · shamthere
Cross-references
Genesis 9:6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.Judges 1:7And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their meat] under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.James 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.Revelation 16:5-7And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.Matthew 7:2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.2 Chronicles 23:15So 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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