E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 23:13
stood = standing. Treason, Treason. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6 . read more
stood = standing. Treason, Treason. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6 . read more
brought out. Syriac reads "commanded". Compare 2 Kings 11:15 . host = force. read more
laid hands on her: or, made way for her. read more
the house of Baal. All the vessels of the Temple had been removed thither by Jehoram and Athaliah (2 Chronicles 24:7 ). slew Mattan. According to Deuteronomy 13:9 . read more
the Levites. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "and the Levites". of. Some codices, with six early printed editions, read "to". by David. Hebrew "upon (or by) the hands of David". read more
rejoiced . . . quiet. "After" Athaliah was slain! So will it be when the great usurper shall he finally cast down. read more
THE SIX-YEAR REIGN OF ATHALIAH ENDS IN HER EXECUTIONVII. JOASH (837-800 B.C.)JEHOIADA'S PLAN TO CROWN JOASH AND EXECUTE ATHALIAH"And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the... read more
LONG LIVE THE KING!"So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath; with those that were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God. And he set all the people, every man with his weapon in... read more
THE EXECUTION OF ATHALIAH"And when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah: and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also played on instruments of music, and led the singing of p raise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason! treason! And Jehoiada the... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 23:11
put upon him the crown, and the testimony. Figure of speech Zeugma ( App-6 ), by which there is an Ellipsis of the second verb, rightly supplied in Authorized Version, "gave him". testimony: i.e. the book of the Law. read more