15So they seized her as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.


In Context

12 When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went to them at the temple of the Lord .

13 She looked, and there was the king, standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her robes and shouted, "Treason! Treason!"

14 Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of units of a hundred, who were in charge of the troops, and said to them: "Bring her out between the ranks and put to the sword anyone who follows her." For the priest had said, "Do not put her to death at the temple of the Lord ."

15 So they seized her as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.

16 Jehoiada then made a covenant that he and the people and the king would be the Lord 's people.

17 All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

2nd Chronicles 23:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:15So 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:15And they laid hold on her by the neck: and when she was come within the horse gate of the palace, they killed her there.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:15So 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15And they made way for her, and she went through the entrance of the horse-gate into the king's house, and they put her to death there.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:15So 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15So they laid hands on her; and when she had come to the entrance of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15So they made way for her. She went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king's house; and they killed her there.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15And they make for her sides, and she cometh in unto the entrance of the gate of the horses at the house of the king, and they put her to death there.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:15So 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.