So they laid hands on her, and she went into the entrance of the horse gate of the king’s house, and they put her to death there.
Here we have, I. The people pleased, Ch2 23:12, Ch2 23:13. When the king stood at his pillar, whose right it was to stand there, all the people of the land rejoiced to see a rod sprung out of the stem of Jesse, Isa 11:1.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 23:12-21
Of the horse-gate - See on Kg2 11:16 (note).
2Ch 23:12-15 Slaughter of Athaliah, as in 2Ki 11:13-16. In 2Ch 23:13 of the Chronicle, the statement that the assembled people played on instruments is expanded by the addition, “and singing with instruments of song, and proclaiming aloud to praise,” i.e., and praising. ויּוצא, 2Ch 23:14, is an orthographical error for ויצו (Kings).
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 23:12-15