KJV 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.
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2 Kings 11:20
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword at the royal palace.
WEB World English Bible
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king’s house.
ASV American Standard Version
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king’s house.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And all the people of the land rejoice, and the city is quiet, and Athaliah they have put to death by the sword in the house of the king;
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 11
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; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
20 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.
21 Seven years old [was] Jehoash when he began to reign.
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וַיִּשְׂמַ֥חH8055 · sa.machto rejoiceכָּל־H3605 · kolallעַם־H5971 · ampeopleהָאָ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוְהָעִ֣ירH5892 · irexcitementשָׁקָ֑טָהH8252 · sha.qatto quietוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֲתַלְיָ֛הוּH6271 · a.tal.yahAthaliahהֵמִ֥יתוּH4191 · mutto dieבַחֶ֖רֶבH2719 · che.revswordבֵּ֥יתH1004 · betplaceהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סH4428 · me.lekhking
Cross-references
Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.Proverbs 29:2When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.2 Chronicles 23:21And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.2 Kings 11:14And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner [was], and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
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