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.
2 Kings 11:20 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword at the king’s house. |
| ASV | 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 | 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; |
| DARBY | And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet; and they had slain Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. |
| BBE | So all the people of the land were glad, and the town was quiet; and they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 2 Kings 11:20 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 11:17-21
King and people would cleave most firmly to each other, when both had joined themselves to the Lord. It is well with a people, when all the changes that pass over them help to revive, strengthen, and advance the interests of religion among them. Covenants are of use, both to remind us of, and bind us to, the duties already binding on us. They immediately abolished idolatry; and, pursuant to the covenant with one…
2 Kings 11:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 11:20
- Proverbs 11:10
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
- Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
- 2 Kings 11:14
And 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.
- 2 Chronicles 23:21
And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
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Context
- 2 Kings 11:19
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.
- 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.
- 2 Kings 11:21
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
2 Kings 11:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y todo el pueblo de la tierra hizo alegrías, y la ciudad estuvo en reposo, habiendo sido Athalía muerta á cuchillo junto á la casa del rey. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tout le peuple du pays se réjouit, et la ville fut tranquille: et ils avaient mis à mort Athalie par l’épée, dans la maison du roi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und alles Volk des Landes freute sich, und die Stadt hatte Ruhe. Athalja aber hatten sie im Hause des Königs mit dem Schwerte getötet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Lætatusque est omnis populus terræ, et civitas conquievit: Athalia autem occisa est gladio in domo regis. |