2 Kings 11:19

“And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, etc.] Of which (<121104>2 Kings 11:4) and all the people of the land; as many as were assembled together on this occasion: and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord; the temple, which was built on an eminence: and came by the way of the gate to the king’s house; the gate of the royal palace, where the king’s guards were placed, and did their duty: and he sat on the throne of the kings: where the kings of Judah used to sit, and this finished the formality of his being made king.”

“They conducted the king down from the temple hill, across the valley of the Tyropoeum, and up the opposite hill to the royal palace, entering it not by the “horse-gate” 2 Kings 11:16, where Athaliah had just been slain, but by the “gate of the guard” 2 Kings 11:6, which was probably the main gate of the palace on the eastern side (see 2 Chronicles 23:20). return to 'Top of Page'”

“11:19-20 The city was peaceful—a mark of the kingdom where God and his law are honored (Isa 35:10; 65:18-24; Jer 33:6-16).”

“took: Kg2 11:4-11 by the way: Kg2 11:5; Ch2 23:5, Ch2 23:19 he sat: Kg1 1:13; Ch1 29:23; Jer 17:25, Jer 22:4, Jer 22:30; Mat 19:28, Mat 25:31 4 Kings (2 Kings) 11:20”

“And he took the captains, and they brought the king down out of the house of Jehovah, etc. The word יקּח is not to be pressed, but simply affirms that Jehoiada entrusted the persons named with the duty of conducting the king into his palace. Beside the captains over a hundred (see at Kg2 11:4) there are mentioned והרצים הכּרי, i.e., the royal halberdiers (the body-guard), who had passed over to the new king immediately after the fall of Athaliah and now followed their captains, and הארץ כּל־עם, all the rest of the people assembled. Instead of the halberdiers there are mentioned in the Chronicles בּעם המּושׁלים האדּירים, the nobles and lords in the nation-a completion implied in the facts…”