2 Kings 11:20

וַיִּשְׂמַח כָּל ־ עַם ־ הָאָרֶץ וְהָעִיר שָׁקָטָה וְאֶת ־ עֲתַלְיָהוּ הֵמִיתוּ בַחֶרֶב בֵּית מלך ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

19וַיִּקַּח אֶת ־ שָׂרֵי הַמֵּאוֹת וְאֶת ־ הַכָּרִי וְאֶת ־ הָרָצִים וְאֵת ׀ כָּל ־ עַם הָאָרֶץ וַיֹּרִידוּ אֶת ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ מִבֵּית יְהוָה וַיָּבוֹאוּ דֶּֽרֶך ־ שַׁעַר הָרָצִים בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל ־ כִּסֵּא הַמְּלָכִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6שֹׁפֵךְ דַּם הָֽאָדָם בָּֽאָדָם דָּמוֹ יִשָּׁפֵךְ כִּי בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה אֶת ־ הָאָדָֽם ׃

2 Chronicles 23:21וַיִּשְׂמְחוּ כָל ־ עַם ־ הָאָרֶץ וְהָעִיר שָׁקָטָה וְאֶת ־ עֲתַלְיָהוּ הֵמִיתוּ בֶחָֽרֶב ׃ ס

Proverbs 29:2בִּרְבוֹת צַדִּיקִים יִשְׂמַח הָעָם וּבִמְשֹׁל רָשָׁע יֵאָנַֽח עָֽם ׃

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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