2 Kings 11:20

And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword in the king's house.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

19And he took the centurions, and the bands of the Cerethi and the Phelethi, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king from the house of the Lord: and they came by the way of the gate of the shieldbearers into the palace. and he sat on the throne of the kings.

21Now Joas was seven years old, when he began to reign.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

2 Chronicles 23:21,21And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword.

Proverbs 29:2When just men increase, the people shall rejoice: when the wicked shall bear rule, the people shall mourn.

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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