He took the rulers over hundreds, &c. Brought them out of the temple, that they might conduct the king in state to the royal palace. By the way of the gate of the guard By the gate of the royal palace, where the king's guard stood. And he sat on the throne of the kings Which was the accomplishment of his inauguration. And all the people rejoiced Josephus says, they kept a feast of joy many days; making good Solomon's observation: When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth, and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
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2 Kings 11:19-20
19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.