2 Chronicles 24:20

came upon Heb. "clothed itself with"; cp. Judges 6:34; 1 Chronicles 12:18.

stood above the people Cp. Jeremiah 36:10 (Baruch reads Jeremiah's words from the window of an upper chamber to the people assembled in the court below); Nehemiah 8:4 (Ezra reads the Law from a pulpit of wood).

they conspired against him Perhaps the proceedings were the same as in the case of Naboth (1 Kings 21:9-10), viz., a mock trial and a formal execution ("at the commandment of the king").

in the court An aggravation of the murder; cp. 2 Chronicles 23:14. The altar of burnt-offering stood in the court (cp. 2 Chronicles 8:12) and the execution (Luke 11:51) took place between this altar and the Temple itself.