John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 11:15
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 guards, which were at the gate leading to the palace, or rather "within" them F7 מבית לשדרת "intra ordines", Munster, Junius, Tremellius, Piscator, Noldius, p. 79. No. 365. So Jarchi, Kimchi, Ben Gersom, & Ben Melech. ; the meaning is, that he ordered her to be had out of the court... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 11:13-16
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, like her mother Jezebel, she saved them the labour, went out to meet them, and hastened her own destruction. 1. Hearing the noise, she came in a fright to see what was the matter, 2 Kgs. 11:13. Jehoiada and his friends began in silence, but now that they found their strength, they proclaimed what... read more