2 Chronicles 23:15

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
laid	וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ vai.ya.Si.mu	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
hands	יָדַ֔יִם ya.Da.yim	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders dual absolute
come	וַתָּב֛וֹא va.ta.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
entering	מְב֥וֹא me.Vo'	H3996	an entrance (the place or the act) · noun, common masculine singular construct
horse	הַסּוּסִ֖ים ha.su.Sim	H5483	a horse (as leaping) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
gate	שַֽׁעַר sha.'ar-	H8179	an opening · noun, common masculine singular construct
king’s	הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
house	בֵּ֣ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
slew	וַיְמִית֖וּהָ vay.mi.Tu.ha	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Nehemiah 3:28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
2 Chronicles 22:10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
Jeremiah 31:40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate to…
Judges 1:7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I h…
Psalms 5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Psalms 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will…
Matthew 7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 23:12–end

Here we have, I. The people pleased, Ch2 23:12, Ch2 23:13. When the king stood at his pillar, whose right it was to stand there, all the people of the land rejoiced to see a rod sprung out of the stem of Jesse, Isa 11:1. When it seemed a withered root in a dry ground, to see what they despaired of ever seeing - a king of the house of David, what a pleasing surprise was it to them! They ran in transports of joy to see this sight, praised the king, and praised God, for they had with them such as taught to sing praise. II. Athaliah slain. She ran upon the point of the sword of justice; for, imagining her interest much better than it was, she ventured into the house of the Lord at that time, and…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 23:14

Slay her not in the house of the Lord . . . and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there--The high priest ordered her immediately to be taken out of the temple grounds and put to death. "And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain" (Kg2 11:16). "Now, we are not to suppose that horses came into [the king's house] of residence, but into the king's (horses') house or hippodrome (the gate of the king's mules) [JOSEPHUS], he had built for them on the southeast of the temple, in the immediate vicinity of the horse gate in the valley of Kedron--a valley which was at th…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 23:15

Of the horse-gate - See on Kg2 11:16 (note).

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1

The contents of this chapter are the same with 2 Kings 11:4 and need no other explanation than what may be found in the notes there, to which the reader is referred.See Gill on 2 Kings 11:4. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:5. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:6. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:7. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:8. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:9. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:10. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:11. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:12. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:13. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:14. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:15. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:16. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:17. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:18. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:19. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:20.

Dictionary and topics

Athaliah — Whom God afflicts. (1.) The daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Kings 8:18), who “walked in the ways of the house of Ahab” (2 Chr. 21:6), called “daughter” of Omri…
Covenant — A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Athaliah · 1. Wife of Jehoram, king of — 1. Wife of Jehoram, king of
Death Of The Wicked, The · Exemplified: Athaliah — Exemplified: Athaliah
Gates · Of Jerusalem: Horse gate — Of Jerusalem: Horse gate

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 23:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 23:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 23:14

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 23:15

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 23:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 23:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 23:14

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 23:15

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 23:11

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 23:15