2 Kings 11:20

2 Kings 11:20 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was calm, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword at the palace.
• 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 at the king's house.
• 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 in the king’s house.

Context of 2 Kings 11:20

18And 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 Yhwh. 19And 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 Yhwh, 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. 21Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

2 Kings 11:20 word by word

וַיִּשְׂמַ֥ח כָּל־עַם־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְהָעִ֣יר שָׁקָ֑טָה וְאֶת־עֲתַלְיָ֛הוּ הֵמִ֥יתוּ בַחֶ֖רֶב בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סRead the interlinear

• And all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• rejoicedשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• and the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• was in quietשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252
• and they slewמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• Athaliahעֲתַלְיָ֫הוּ‛ăthalyâh ‛ăthalyâhû · AthaliahH6271
• with the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for 2 Kings 11:20

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 Kings 11:15But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of Yhwh.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 11:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20The people - rejoiced - They were glad to get rid of the tyranny of Athaliah. And the city was in quiet - She had no partisans to rise up and disturb the king's reign.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20They slew Athaliah with the sword - This is one of the many little repetitions which mark the manner of the writer, and which generally contain some little point which has not been mentioned before (compare 2 Kings 11:16).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-21Verses 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 another, they expressed mutual…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20The city was calm, showing that the kingdom respects God and his laws (Isaiah 35:10; 65:18–24; Jeremiah 33:6–16).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 11:20

• Athaliah
• Joash

In the dictionaries

• Athaliah
• Jehoash
• Testimony
• Jehoiada
• Jezebel
• Joel (2)

Commentaries on 2 Kings 11

• 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