16 So they seized her as she reached the place where the horses enter the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 11:16

Commentary on 2 Kings 11:13-16

(Read 2 Kings 11:13-16)

Athaliah hastened her own destruction. She herself was the greatest traitor, and yet was first and loudest in crying, Treason, treason! The most guilty are commonly the most forward to reproach others.