2 Kings 11:14

_AND WHEN SHE LOOKED, BEHOLD, THE KING STOOD BY A PILLAR, AS THE MANNER WAS, AND THE PRINCES AND THE TRUMPETERS BY THE KING, AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND REJOICED, AND BLEW WITH TRUMPETS: AND ATHALIAH RENT HER CLOTHES, AND CRIED, TREASON, TREASON._ The king stood by the pillar - probably on a platform sneered for that purpose (2 Chronicles 6:13). A seat placed near a column was reckoned an honourable and distinguished, position (2 Kings 23:3; also Homer, 'Odyssey,' xxiii., 93,) -- `The monarch, by a pillar high enthroned, His eye withdrew, and fixed it on the ground.' (-POPE)...

13-16 Athaliah hastened her own destruction. She herself was the greatest traitor, and yet was first and loudest in crying, Treason, treason! The most guilty are commonly the most forward to reproach others....

Verse 2 Kings 11:14. _THE KING STOOD BY A PILLAR_] _Stood ON a pillar_ or _tribunal_; the place or throne on which they were accustomed to put the kings when they proclaimed them. _TREASON, TREASON._] קשר קשר _kesher, kasher; A conspiracy, A_ _conspiracy_! from _kashar, to bind, unite together_....

BY A PILLAR - Rather, “upon the pillar” probably a sort of stand, or pulpit, raised on a pillar. Under the later monarchy the Jewish king seems to have had a special place assigned him in the temple-court, from which on occasions he addressed the people (marginal references)....

EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 11:1 REVOLUTION IN JUDAH, FOLLOWING THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN ISRAEL. REIGN OF ATHALIAH OVER JUDAH. CONSPIRACY OF JEHOIADA, AND DEATH OF ATHALIAH. 2 KINGS 11:1 On learning the death of Ahaziah (2 Kings 9:27), Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, the queen-mother, murders all h

AND WHEN SHE LOOKED, BEHOLD, THE KING STOOD BY A PILLAR, AS THE MANNER WAS,.... Of kings, when they came into the temple on any occasion, civil or religious, therefore it is called his pillar, 2 Chronicles 23:13, some think this was the brazen scaffold erected by Solomon, 2 Chronicles 6:13, though Vitringa e and Bishop Patrick suppose it to be the post of the east gate of the inner court, from Ezekiel 46:2, according to Jacob Leo f, 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, stan

3. ATHALIAH AND JEHOIADA'S REVIVAL CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Athaliah's wicked reign (2 Kings 11:1; 2 Chronicles 22:10)_ 2. Joash (Jehoash) proclaimed king (2 Kings 11:4; 2 Chronicles 23:1) 3. The death of Athaliah (2 Kings 11:13; 2 Chronicles 23:12) 4. Jehoiada's revival (2 Kings 11:17;...

2 KINGS 11. USURPATION OF ATHALIAH. CORONATION OF JOASH AND EXECUTION OF ATHALIAH. Athaliah, mother of Ahaziah, a daughter of Ahab, destroyed the royal family of Judah, except Joash, a child who was saved by Jehosheba and kept concealed for six years, during which time Athaliah reigned (2 Kings 11:1). The author gives no notice, as is customary, of her regnal years; and S. A. Cook (EBi, col. 381) remarks on her maintaining herself on the throne for six years as a singular fact, which raises questions more easily asked than answered. At the end of this period Jehoiada, according to 2 Chronicles 22:11, the husband of Jehosheba, made a conspiracy with the troops, showed them the king's son, and arranged for the overthrow of Athaliah ...

A PILLAR. the pillar. TREASON, TREASON. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis,_ for great emphasis....

_And when she looked, behold, the king_ R.V. AND SHE LOOKED AND BEHOLD THE KING. This, the literal translation of the Hebrew, is the form adopted in 2 Chron. The original is the same in both places. _stood by a_[R.V. THE] _pillar_ By this word is clearly designated some spot which was the special position of the king on such occasions. We see that Athaliah took in the whole scene at a glance and knew without telling what was going on. The word -pillar" is the same which is used for the two, Jachin and Boaz (1 Kings 7:21), which stood as ornamental pillars in the porch of the temple, and which being ornamental could doubtless be seen by all in the court. If we suppose one of these set apart as the station of the king at his coronation, the position would be admirably suited for the purpose. Otherwise we must understand some special erection in the court of the templ