Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 23:13

"and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also [played] on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!" — 2 Chronicles 23:13 (ASV)

Stood. — Was standing.

At his pillar. — On his stand. So 2 Kings 23:3. Kings here has, “on the stand;” Septuagint, ἐπὶ τῆς στάσεως αὐτοῦ; Vulgate, “stantem super gradum.”

At the entering in. — In the entry. Septuagint, ἐπὶ τῆς εἰσόδου. Kings reads, “according to the custom.” So the Syriac and Arabic here.

And the princes. — See Note on 2 Kings 11:14. Some Hebrew manuscripts here also read “singers;” one manuscript has “Couriers.”

Rejoiced. — Were rejoicing and sounding.

Also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. — And the minstrels (or musicians) with the instruments of music, and men leading the chanting (literally, teaching to praise). This is one of the writer’s characteristic additions to the older text.

Said. — Kings, “cried,” which is more original.