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2 Kings 11:20

Athaliah

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.

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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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.
KJV
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.
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.
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.
BLB
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. For they had killed Athaliah with the sword [in] the house of the king.
ÅB
Og hele folkemengden gledet seg, og byen var rolig; men Atalja hadde de drept med sverd i kongens hus.
OTB
Så gledet hele folket i landet seg, og byen var fredelig, for de hadde henrettet Atalja med sverdet i kongens hus.
B1930
Og hele folkemengden gledet sig, og byen var rolig; men Atalja hadde de drept med sverd i kongens hus.

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  • Proverbs 11:10

    When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

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  • Proverbs 29:2

    When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

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  • 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.

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  • 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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