2 Chronicles 23:21

So all the people of the land were glad and the town was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death with the sword.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

In Context

20Then he took the captains of hundreds and the chiefs and the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and they came down with the king from the house of the Lord through the higher doorway into the king's house, and put the king on the seat of the kingdom.

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Cross References

Psalms 58:10\58:9\Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.

Revelation 18:20Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 23:13-21

Joash Crowned and Athaliah Slain. ( b. c. 878.) 12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the Lord : 13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. 14… Read the whole commentary →

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