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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 11:14
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, etc.] Of kings, when they came into the temple on any occasion, civil or religious, therefore it is called his pillar, (<142313>2 Chronicles 23:13 <122303>2 Kings 23:3 <143401>2 Chronicles 34:1), some think this was the brazen scaffold erected by Solomon, (<140613>2 Chronicles 6:13), though Vitringa f128 and Bishop Patrick suppose it to be the post of the east gate of the inner court, from (<264602>Ezekiel 46:2), according to Jacob Leo f129, this was the royal throne in the court of the Israelites, near the high or upper gate, on a marble pillar, where the kings of the house of David sat, when they came into the sanctuary to see the Lord in the second temple; this throne was like an high tower, standing upon two pillars, each twenty cubits high, and their circumference twelve; here sat Joash, and Hezekiah, and Josiah; however, Athaliah saw Jehoash with the crown on his head, and in the place where kings used to sit or stand: and the princes and the trumpeters by the king; the rulers of the courses of the priests, and the Levites, blowing the trumpets: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets; it is added, in (<142313>2 Chronicles 23:13) that the singers played also on musical instruments; that were then and there assembled: and Athaliah rent her clothes; through grief, and as one almost distracted: and cried, treason, treason! to try if she could get any to take her part, and seize on the new king, and those that set him up.
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