2 Chronicles 23:13 - Exposition

At his pillar (see note on 2 Chronicles 23:10 ). At the entering in . The parallel ( 2 Kings 11:14 ) has "as the manner was" ( כַּמִּשְׁפָּט vice בַּמָּבוֹא ) . The reading in the parallel is quite explainable by such references as 2 Kings 23:3 ; 2 Chronicles 34:31 ). Such as taught . Piel participle of יָדַע ; the meaning here probably being not literally the teaching confraternity as such, but the leaders, and in particular those who were appointed on this occasion to lead. Treason! קֶשֶׁר ; interesting references are 2 Samuel 15:12 ; 1 Kings 16:20 ; Isaiah 8:12 ; Jeremiah 11:9 ; Ezekiel 22:25 . The idea of the word is conspiracy, and Athaliah's eye read this at once, and not less promptly, that it amounted to treason to her.