2 Chronicles 23:12 meaning and explanation

When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went out to them in the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 23:12, Berean Standard Bible

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Athaliah, the queen mother, had seized the throne of Judah after her son Ahaziah died and had ruled for six years while the true heir, Joash, was hidden in the temple. The noise she hears is the celebration of the coup that Jehoiada the priest has just carried out, with the boy king crowned and anointed in the temple courts.

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