2 Chronicles 23:21

2 Chronicles 23:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
• New International Version (NIV)All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was calm, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been put to death with the sword.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet, for they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

Context of 2 Chronicles 23:21

19Jehoiada put guards at the gates of the Lord's temple. They would stop anyone who was unclean from going in. 20Jehoiada called together the officers of army groups, the important men, the government officers and all the other people. Jehoiada led them all to bring the king down from the Lord's temple into the palace. They went into the palace through the Higher Gate. They put Joash on the royal throne as king. All the people were very happy. There was no longer any trouble in Jerusalem now that they had killed Athaliah as her punishment.

2 Chronicles 23:21 word by word

וַיִּשְׂמְח֥וּ כָל־עַם־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְהָעִ֣יר שָׁקָ֑טָה וְאֶת־עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ הֵמִ֥יתוּ בֶחָֽרֶב׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• rejoicedשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• and the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• was quietשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252
• after that they had slainמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• Athaliahעֲתַלְיָ֫הוּ‛ăthalyâh ‛ăthalyâhû · AthaliahH6271
• with the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 23:21

• 2 Kings 11:20All the people were very happy. There was no longer any trouble in Jerusalem now that Athaliah was dead. They had punished her with death at the palace.
• Psalms 58:10When God punishes those wicked people, righteous people will be very happy. They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked people!
• Proverbs 11:10When righteous people do well, everyone in the city is happy. And people shout with joy when wicked people die.
• Revelation 18:20Yes, you who live in heaven, be happy! Be happy because God has punished Babylon! God's people and his apostles and his prophets, be happy! God has punished the city because of what she did to you.
• Revelation 19:1After these things, I heard a sound like the voices of a great crowd of people in heaven. They were shouting, ‘Praise the Lord our God! He has saved us! He is very powerful! We say that he is great!

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 23:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21The city was quiet - There was no attempt at a counter-revolution. Concerning the coronation of Joash, there is a curious circumstance mentioned by the Targumist on 2 Chronicles 23:11, it is as follows: - "And they brought forth the son of the king, and put on him the royal crown which David took from the head of the king of the children of Ammon. In it was inserted the precious attracting stone, in which was engraven and expressed the great and honorable…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 23:21

• Athaliah
• Joy

In the dictionaries

• Athaliah
• Covenant
• Genealogy
• Jehoash; Joash
• Jehoiada
• noble, nobleman, royal official

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings