2 Chronicles 23:15

¹³ And she looked out and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”

¹⁴ And Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, saying, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”

So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate to the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.

¹⁶ Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.

¹⁷ So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate to the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: And they made way for her, and she went through the entrance of the horse-gate into the king's house, and they put her to death there.
BLB: And they seized her hands, and she went by way of the entrance of the Gate of Horses [into] the house of the king, and they killed her there.

ÅB: Så gjorde de plass for henne til begge sider, og da hun kom dit hvor Hesteporten[^2] fører inn til kongens hus, drepte de henne.
OTB: Så grep de henne, og da hun nådde inngangen til Hesteporten til kongens hus, henrettet de henne der.
B1930: Så gjorde de plass for henne til begge sider, og da hun kom dit hvor Hesteporten fører inn til kongens hus, drepte de henne. / < NEH 3, 28.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Nehemiah 3:28
Above the Horse Gate, each of the priests made repairs in front of his own house.
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2 Chronicles 22:10
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
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Jeremiah 31:40
The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
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Psalms 5:6
You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
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James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Matthew 7:2
For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
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Judges 1:7
Then 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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Revelation 16:5–7
And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.
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