And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
Ver. 13. Stood at his pillar.] See 2 Kings 11:14 .
And all the people of the land rejoiced.] Because they were now freed from Athaliah's tyranny.
“ Post nubila Phaebus.
Flebile principium melior fortuna sequetur. ”