Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and [gave him] the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
Ver. 11. Then they brought out the king's son.] See 2 Kings 11:12 .
And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him.] Good Zechariah among the rest, who was afterwards, for his faithful discharge of his duty, put to death by this ungrateful prince. 2Ch 24:21
And said, God save the king.] This they said out of a good and upright heart; not as Squire the traitor, in Queen Elizabeth's days, who said cheerfully, God save the queen, and at the same time poisoned the pummel of her saddle, when she was about to ride abroad, with intent to have destroyed her. a
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