2 Chronicles 23:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 11:13-16
And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. …
2 Kings 9:32-37
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. …

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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 transpo…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. Athaliah heard the noise of the people--The unusual commotion, indicated by the blast of the trumpets and the vehement acclamations of the people, drew her attention, or excited her fears. She might have flattered herself that, having slain all the royal family, she was in perfect security; but it is just as likely that, finding on reflection, one had escaped her murderous hands, she might not…