2 Kings 11:20

And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was at rest: and they killed Gotholia with the sword in the house of the king.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 captains of the hundreds, and the Chorri, and the Rhasim, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king out of the house of the Lord; and they went in by the way of the gate of the + 11:19 Or, guard, A.V. footmen of the king's house, and seated him there on the throne of the kings.

21Joas was + 11:21 Gr. a son of seven years in his reigning. seven years old when he began to reign.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6He that sheds man's blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.

2 Chronicles 23:21And all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet: and they killed Gotholia.

Proverbs 29:2When the righteous are praised, the people will rejoice: but when the ungodly rule, men 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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