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2 Kings 11:14
And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Athaliah exits the temple precincts after hearing the guards and people, finding the newly crowned king positioned at the pillar while officers, trumpeters, and the populace celebrate.
The words — The text records עֹמֵד ('o.Med) as standing and כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֗ט (ka./mish.Pat) as according to the custom, noting the formal arrangement of the coronation ceremony.
The thread — This pillar scene parallels later covenant renewals in 2 Chronicles 34:31 and 2 Kings 23:3, while Athaliah’s shouted “Treason!” mirrors Joram’s flight cry in 2 Kings 9:23.
Why it lands — The passage documents Athaliah’s violent reaction to a lawful succession, requiring the reader to observe how established ritual overrides personal political claims.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 34:31 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
- 2 Kings 23:3 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
- 2 Kings 9:23 Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
- 1 Kings 1:39 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”
- Luke 19:37 And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:
- Revelation 19:1 After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- Genesis 37:29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
- Genesis 44:13 Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
- Numbers 10:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
- 1 Kings 18:17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”