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12Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:

2 Chronicles 23:12

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  • And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. …

  • And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-21)

Here we have, I. The people pleased, 2 Chron. 23:12 , 13 . When the king stood at his pillar, whose right it was to stand there, all the people of the land rejoiced to see a rod sprung out of the stem of Jesse , Isa. 11:1. When it seemed a withered root in a dry ground, to see what they despaired of ever seeing—a king of the house of David, what a pleasing surprise was it to them! They ran in tran…

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