2 Chronicles 23:15 “So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate…”

2 Chronicles 23:15

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

So they layde hands on her: and when she was come to the entring of the horsegate by the Kings house, they slew her there.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

So they put their hands on her, and she went to the king's house by the doorway of the king's horses; and there she was put to death.

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Cross references

“the horse gate”

Nehemiah 3:28

Nehemiah 3:28 · BSB

Above the Horse Gate, each of the priests made repairs in front of his own house.

“they slew her there”

2 Chronicles 22:10 Judges 1:7 Psalm 5:6 Psalm 55:23 Matthew 7:2 James 2:13

2 Chronicles 22:10 · BSB

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.

Judges 1:7 · BSB

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.

Psalm 5:6 · BSB

You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

Psalm 55:23 · BSB

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Matthew 7:2 · BSB

For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

James 2:13 · BSB

For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Also

Jeremiah 31:40

Jeremiah 31:40 · BSB

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.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14And 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.”

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

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