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2 Kings 11:13
When Athaliah heard the noise from the guards and the people, she went out to the people in the house of the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Athaliah steps out to the house of the LORD at the precise moment Jehoiada crowns the king and the crowd celebrates. She moves toward the gathering only after hearing the commotion caused by the guards and the people.
The words — The verse centers on קֹל (kol, "sound") and הָרָצִין (ha-ratsin, "the runners"), which specify the exact noise of the guards that alerts her to the public ceremony.
The thread — This scene runs parallel to 2 Chronicles 23:12, which records Athaliah approaching the temple after hearing the people running and cheering the king.
Why it lands — The text records her physical movement toward the noise, leaving the reader to observe that her attempt to confront the coronation results in her immediate exposure of the coup.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the Lord.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 23:12 When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went out to them in the house of the LORD.