11:13 When Athaliah heard the royal guard 1 shout, she joined the crowd 2 at the Lord’s temple. 11:14 Then she saw 3 the king standing by the pillar, according to custom. The officers stood beside the king with their trumpets and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!” 4
1 tc The MT reads, “and Athaliah heard the sound of the runners, the people.” The term הָעָם (ha’am), “the people,” is probably a scribal addition anticipating the reference to the people later in the verse and in v. 14.
2 tn Heb “she came to the people.”
3 tn Heb “and she saw, and look.”
4 tn Or “conspiracy, conspiracy.”