and Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
2 Chronicles 23:15 - Revised Version 1885 So they made way for her; and she went to the entry of the horse gate to the king's house: and they slew her there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So they made way for Athaliah, and she went into the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king's house; there they slew her. American Standard Version (1901) So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king’s house: and they slew her there. Common English Bible They arrested her when she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate at the royal palace. She was executed there. Catholic Public Domain Version And they laid hands on her neck. And when she had entered the gate for the horses at the king's house, they put her to death there. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they laid hold on her by the neck: and when she was come within the horse gate of the palace, they killed her there. |
and Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword: for the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
Above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his own house.
Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies: The LORD abhorreth the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land: and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
For judgement is without mercy to him that hath shewed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgement.
And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.