So they made way for her. She went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king’s house; and they killed her there.
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So they made way for her. She went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king’s house; and they killed her there.
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So 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.
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So 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.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 23:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Nehemiah 3:28 Above the horse gate, the priests made repairs, everyone across from his own house.
- 2 Chronicles 22:10 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house of Judah.
- Jeremiah 31:40 The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, will be holy to Yahweh. It will not be plucked up or thrown down any more forever.”
- Judges 1:7 Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
- Psalms 5:6 You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
- Psalms 55:23 But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.
- Matthew 7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
- James 2:13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Revelation 16:5-7 I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, who are and who were, O Holy One, because you have judged these things. For they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.” I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 23:15 So they laid hands on her; and…
2Ch 23:15 So 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.
Ver. 15. So they laid hands on her.] {a} Which she once thought none durst have done; but the craftiest and strongest creatures are taken and slain by men.
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“ Elephas grandis est, et occiditur:
Leo fortis est, et occiditur:
Cave multos, si singulos non times, ”
said the comedian covertly to Maximinus the emperor, who professed to fear no man: but when his head was soon after brought to Rome, all ran to the altars to thank the gods; and Balbinus, who succeeded him, sacrificed hecatombs, commanding the same to be done throughout the empire. {b}
{a} Or, They made a lane for her.
{b} Capitolin.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. Of the horse-gate] See on 2Kg 11:16.
Verse 15. Of the horse-gate] See on 2Kg 11:16.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. they laid hands on her] R.V. they made…
15. they laid hands on her] R.V. they made way for her.
and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king’s house, they etc.] R.V. and she went to the entry of the horse gate to the king’s house: and they etc.
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the horse gate] Perhaps the “gate of the foundation” (2Ch_23:5, note).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) So they laid hands on her.—Rather, And they…
(15) So they laid hands on her.—Rather, And they made way for her on both sides. LXX., καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτῇ ἄνεσιν. Syriac, “And they made room for her.”
To the entering of the horse gate.—Kings reads: “And she went by the way of the entry of the horses into the king’s house.” Syriac, “And she entered into the way of the entry of the horses, and was killed there.”
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