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.
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Gill's Exposition
But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host,.... Of the priests and Levites:
and said unto them, have her forth without the ranges; the ranks of the…
Barnes' Notes
By a pillar - Rather, “upon the pillar” probably a sort of stand, or pulpit, raised on a pillar. Under the later monarchy the Jewish king seems to have had a special place assigned him in the…
Adam Clarke
The king stood by a pillar - Stood On a pillar or tribunal; the place or throne on which they were accustomed to put the kings when they proclaimed them.
Treason, Treason - קשר קשר kesher, kasher; A…
We may suppose it was designed when they had finished the solemnity of the king's inauguration, to pay a visit to Athaliah, and call her to an account for her murders, usurpation, and tyranny; but,…
Cambridge Bible
And when she looked, behold, the king R.V. And she looked and behold the king. This, the literal translation of the Hebrew, is the form adopted in 2 Chron. The original is the same in both…
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