2 Kings 11:20

So all the people of the land were glad, and the town was quiet; and they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house.

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In The King James Version

And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house.

In Context

19Then he took the captains of hundreds, and the Carians, and the armed men, and all the people of the land; and they came down with the king from the house of the Lord, through the doorway of the armed men, to the king's house. And he took his place on the seat of the kings.

21And Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.

2 Chronicles 23:21So all the people of the land were glad and the town was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death with the sword.

Proverbs 29:2When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:18-21

17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord 's people; between the king also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord . 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land;… Read the whole commentary →

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