◄ 2 Chronicles 23:21 ►
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Good News Translation
All the people were filled with happiness, and the city was quiet, now that Athaliah had been killed.

New Revised Standard Version
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been killed with the sword.

Contemporary English Version
Everyone celebrated because Athaliah had been killed and Jerusalem was peaceful again.

New American Bible
All the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet, now that Athaliah had been slain with the sword.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword.

2 Kings 11:20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword in the king's house.

Psalm 58:10,11 The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. . . .

Proverbs 11:10 By the blessing of the just the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the wicked it shall be overthrown.

Revelation 18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven and ye holy apostles and prophets. For God hath judged your judgment on her.

Revelation 19:1-4 After these things, I heard as it were the voice of much people in heaven, saying: Alleluia. Salvation and glory and power is to our God. . . .

Context
Jehoiada Restores the Worship of the LORD
…20And he took the captains of hundreds, and the most valiant men, and the chiefs of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and brought him through the upper gate into the king's house, and set him on the royal throne. 21And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword.
Cross References
2 Kings 8:26
Ochozias was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Athalia the daughter of Amri king of Israel.

2 Kings 11:20
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword in the king's house.

2 Chronicles 23:20
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