The noise of the people, who came thither upon the hearing of the noise and tidings of what was done. She came to the people, to inquire into the cause of this great noise; being hitherto kept in deep ignorance; partly because it wits managed with so much secrecy, and in the temple; and partly because the people universally hated her, and wished her downfall. Into the temple of the Lord, i.e. into the courts; whither by Jehoiada's direction she was permitted to enter, though contrary to his general order, 2 Kings 11:8, that so he might draw her into his net.
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2 Kings 11:13
13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.