2 Chronicles 23:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

THE EXECUTION OF ATHALIAH (2 Chronicles 23:12-21).
(See 2 Kings 11:13-20.)

(12) Now when Athaliah... she came.And Athaliah heard... and she came.

The noise of the people running and praising the king. — Or, the noise of the people, the Couriers, and those who were acclaiming the king. (1 Kings 11:13, “the noise of the runners, the people;” where the people may be an inadvertent repetition, as the same expression follows directly. The rest of the verse is the same as here.)

2 Chronicles 23:12

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