And he took the rulers... the land. — Jehoiada now arranges a procession to escort the king in triumph from the Temple to the palace.
The rulers... guard. — Rather, the captains of the hundreds (the centurions) and the Carians and the Couriers; or, as Thenius prefers, the lictors and the satellites.
They brought down the king from the house of the Lord. — Down from the Temple to the bridge connecting Moriah with Zion.
And came by the way... king’s house. — Rather, and entered the king’s house by way of the gate of the Couriers. This gate, therefore, belonged not to the Temple, but to the palace, and was probably the chief entrance thereto.
And he sat on the throne. — The proceedings ended with the solemn enthronement of the king in the palace of his fathers. (The LXX. reads more suitably: “And they seated him on the throne;” so Chronicles.)