2 Kings 11:20 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 11:20

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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.

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.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The 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.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׂמַ֥ח	vai.yis.Mach	and it rejoiced	H8055 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
עַם־	'am-	[the] people of	H5971 →
הָאָ֖רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
וְהָעִ֣יר	ve.ha.'Ir	and the city	H5892 →
שָׁקָ֑טָה	sha.Ka.tah	it was at peace	H8252 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
עֲתַלְיָ֛הוּ	'a.tal.Ya.hu	Athaliah	H6271 →
הֵמִ֥יתוּ	he.Mi.tu	they had put to death	H4191 →
בַחֶ֖רֶב	va.Che.rev	with the sword	H2719 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ ס	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H6271ʾatalyahuAthaliah17×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
leads to
- Proverbs 28:12
  When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 11:10
  When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 28:28
  When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Esther 8:15
  Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted…
- Ecclesiastes 10:5
  There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
Through
Proverbs 11:10
When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
leads to
- Psalms 58:10–11
  The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Kings 11:14
And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 34:31
  So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul,…
- 2 Kings 23:3
  So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul,…