מלכים ב י״א:י״ז-כ׳

בין ה' ובין המלך ובין העם. שיהו המלך והעם אחרי ה', ואחר כך בין המלך ובין העם, שיהו עבדים למלך:

Between Adonoy and between the king and the people. That the king and the people will follow Adonoy,²²And that they uproot all the idolatry that had become pervasive at the time. and afterwards [he enacted a covenant] between the king and the people that they should be subservient to the king.²³And in return the king will wage wars for the people.—Metzudas Dovid

פקודות. ממונים לשמור במקום משמרתם כהלכתן, כי עתליהו בטלה את סדר משמרות הבית:

Assignments. Appointed to watch at the location of their watch according to their charge, because Atalyohu had abolished the order of the watches in the Beis [Hamikdosh].²⁴See II Divrei Hayomim 24:7.

ויבאו דרך שער הרצים. אל בית המלך:

They came by way of the Gate of the Runners. To the king’s palace.²⁵Literally the verse reads “by way of the Gate of the Runners of the king’s palace.” However, Rashi in v. 5 above explained that the Gate of the Runners was one of the gates of the Temple’s court. Therefore Rashi renders the verse as, “by way of the Gate of the Runners to the king’s palace.” Alternatively, the Gate of the Runners was one of the gates of the king’s palace.—Targum