2 Kings 11:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

Jehoiada commanded the officers of the host Of those companies of Levites, who are elsewhere called the Lord's host, and now were the king's host. Have her forth without the ranges Through which they had suffered her to come. If she will not go out of them of her own accord, force her out of them. And him that followeth her, kill with the sword If any of the people that shall come hither on this occasion, shall stand up for her help, let them be slain. Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord That is, in the court of the temple, lest it be polluted with her blood.

2 Kings 11:15

15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.