14 And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, “Take her outside under guard, and slay with the sword whoever follows her.” For the priest had said, “Do not kill her in the house of the Lord.”

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Then He said to them, “Defile the [a]temple, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” And they went out and killed in the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 9:7 Lit. house

15 And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the army, and said to them, “Take her outside [a]under guard, and slay with the sword whoever follows her.” For the priest had said, “Do not let her be killed in the house of the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:15 Lit. between ranks

But you shall surround the king on all sides, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes within range, let him be put to death. You are to be with the king as he goes out and as he comes in.”

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25 Now it happened, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, “Go in and kill them; let no one come out!” And they killed them with the edge of the sword; then the guards and the officers threw them out, and went into the [a]inner room of the temple of Baal.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 10:25 Lit. city

14 “But if a man acts with (A)premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, (B)you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.

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