¹⁴And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword: for the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the Lord.
14. brought out] Read (as 2 Kings) commanded.
between the ranks] i.e. she was to be taken out between two lines of guards.
¹⁵So they made way for her; and she went to the entry of the horse gate to the king’s house: and they slew her there.
15. the horse gate] Compare the note on the “gate of the foundation” (verse 5).
16–21 (= 2 Kings xi. 17–20).
The Secret of the Fall of Athaliah.
¹⁶And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.
16. between himself, and all the people, and the king] Jehoiada puts himself first as regent. In 2 Kings “between the Lord and the king and the people.”
that they should be the Lord’s people] Compare xxix. 10, xxxiv. 31; Exodus xxiv. 1–11; Deuteronomy xxvi. 17, 18; Nehemiah ix. 36–38.
¹⁷And 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.