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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 11 This chapter relates how that Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, being hid and preserved, when his grandmother murdered all the seed royal, after six years was produced, 2 Kings 11:1, when Jehoiada the priest set a sufficient guard about him, and the king's house, and anointed him king, 2 Kings 11:4, and Athaliah his grandmother, who had reigned six years, was put...
John Gill
And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king,.... As ordered, 2 Kings 11:8 from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple from the northeast to the southeast: along by the altar and the temple: the altar of burnt offering, which stood in the court.
Matthew Henry
The revolution in the kingdom of Israel was soon perfected in Jehu's settlement; we must now enquire into the affairs of the kingdom of Judah, which lost its head (such as it was) at the same time, and by the same hand, as Israel lost its head; but things continued longer there in distraction than in Israel, yet, after some years, they were brought into a good posture, as we find in this chapter....