11:14a And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar,

There she saw the king!

-or-

She ⌊was shocked⌋ to see the ⌊new⌋ king, ⌊Joash,⌋

11:14b according to the custom.

He was standing by the pillar in the customary/traditional way ⌊for kings⌋ .

-or-

standing by a pillar of the temple, where ⌊kings of Judah⌋ always stood!

11:14a-b (reordered and combined)

There stood the king, right by the pillar, as was the tradition!

11:14c The officers and trumpeters were beside the king,

The captains and the trumpeters were there with the king,

-or-

The commanders of the guards and the trumpet/bugle players were ⌊standing⌋ by the king,

11:14d and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets.

and everyone present was celebrating and blowing the trumpets.

-or-

and the people in the crowd were joyfully blowing trumpets/bugles.

11:14e Then Athaliah tore her clothes

When Athaliah ⌊saw this⌋ she tore her long dress

-or-

Athaliah tore her robes ⌊in shock/anger⌋

11:14f and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”

and cried out, “This is treason! This is treason!”

-or-

and began to shout, “⌊You (plur.) ⌋ are traitors! ⌊You (plur.) ⌋ have betrayed me!”

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