2 Kings 11:20

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

Revised Version 1895

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 over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

21Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

2 Chronicles 23:21So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword.

Proverbs 29:2When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice: but when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.

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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