Bible in Basic English
"So they put their hands on her, and she went to the king's house by the doorway of the king's horses; and there she was put to death."
— 2 Chronicles 23:15, Bible in Basic English
“So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king’s house, they slew her there.”
Now Athaliah, hearing the noise of the people running and praising the king, came to the people in the house of the Lord:
And looking, she saw the king in his place by the pillar at the doorway, and the captains and the horns by his side; and all the people of the land were giving signs of joy and sounding the horns; and the makers of melody were playing on instruments of music, taking the chief part in the song of praise. Then Athaliah, violently parting her robes, said, Broken faith, broken faith!
Then Jehoiada the priest gave orders to the captains of hundreds who had authority over the army, saying, Take her outside the lines, and let anyone who goes after her be put to death with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.
So they put their hands on her, and she went to the king's house by the doorway of the king's horses; and there she was put to death.
And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and all the people and the king, that they would be the Lord's people.
Then all the people went to the house of Baal and had it pulled down, and its altars and images broken up; and Mattan, the priest of Baal, they put to death before the altars.
And Jehoiada put the work and the care of the house of the Lord into the hands of the priests and the Levites, who had been grouped in divisions by David to make burned offerings to the Lord, as it is recorded in the law of Moses, with joy and song as David had said.