KJV ORIGINAL
And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
So they seized her and took her to the palace entrance where the horses usually came in, and there they killed her.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes the execution of Queen Athaliah, who had illegally seized power and tried to destroy the royal family line.
📚 Historical Context
This verse concludes the account of Queen Athaliah's downfall around 835 BC. She had murdered most of the royal family to claim the throne of Judah, but the infant prince Joash was secretly saved and hidden for six years. When Joash was crowned as the rightful king, Athaliah was arrested and executed outside the temple grounds to avoid defiling the holy place.
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