2 Kings 11:14-16

International Standard Version

¹⁴ She looked around—and there was the king, standing near a column, as was the royal custom! He was accompanied by the commanding officers, along with trumpeters who stood beside the king. All the people of the land sounded trumpets in their excitement.

But Athaliah tore her clothes and bellowed, “It’s a plot! A conspiracy!”

Athaliah is Executed^(A)

¹⁵ Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains in charge of^[a] the army, “Take her out the back way^[b] and execute anybody who follows her,” since the priest had also issued this order: “Let’s not put her to death in the Lord’s Temple.” ¹⁶ So they arrested Athaliah, took her out through the same entrance used by the horses for entering the king’s palace, and executed her.