Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Let not a single one of them escape.” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon and slew them there.
2 Chronicles 23:15 - Tree of Life Version So they seized her as she arrived at the entrance of the Horse Gate of the royal palace and killed 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. |
Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Let not a single one of them escape.” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon and slew them there.
Now when Athaliah, Azaiah’s mother, saw that her son had died, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house of Judah.
Jehoiada the kohen brought out the officers of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, “Bring her out from between the ranks and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the kohanim said, “Do not put her to death in the House of Adonai.”
Above the Horse Gate the kohanim worked, each in front of his own house.
Cast your burden on Adonai, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
You are not to pollute the land in which you are. Blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for land polluted by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who sheds it.
For with the judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
For judgment is merciless to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
So Adoni-bezek said, “70 kings, having their thumbs and big toes cut off, used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me.” They brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.