Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Kings 11:19

"And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king`s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings." — 2 Kings 11:19 (ASV)

And he took the rulers ... the land. — Jehoiada now arranges a procession to escort the king in triumph from the Temple to the palace.

The rulers ... guard. — Rather, the captains of the hundreds (the centurions) and the Carians and the Couriers; or, as Thenius prefers, the lictors and the satellites.

They brought down the king from the house of the Lord. — Down from the Temple to the bridge connecting Moriah with Zion.

And came by the way ... king’s house. — Rather, and entered the king’s house by way of the gate of the Couriers. This gate, therefore, did not belong to the Temple, but to the palace, and was probably the chief entrance to it.

And he sat on the throne. — The proceedings ended with the solemn enthronement of the king in the palace of his fathers. (The Septuagint reads more suitably: “And they seated him on the throne; ” so Chronicles.)