2 Chronicles 23:12 - Exposition

When Athaliah heard the noise . The parallel ( 2 Kings 11:13-16 ) shows only two differences of any noteworthiness, and these will come under notice next verse. The noise ; Hebrew, the voice; i.e. no doubt the voices of the people. Praising . The Hebrew is the piel participle; our corresponding phrase would be, "singing out the praises of the king," i.e. not any personal praises, but such as the cries of "Long live the king!" or, as our Authorized Version has it, "God save the king I"