2 Kings 11:20 KJV — MannaFest

2 Kings 11:20

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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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.

WEB

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.

YLT

And all the people of the land rejoice, and the city is quiet, and Athaliah they have put to death by the sword in the house of the king;

DBT

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.

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2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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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.
Proverbs 11:10
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
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.
1 Kings 1:40
And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

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1 Chronicles 12:40

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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), and Josephus says they kept a feast of joy many days, making good Solomon's observation ( Prov. xi. 10 ), When it goes well with the righteous the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish there is shouting.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Now here we have David's promised lamp almost extinguished and yet wonderfully preserved. It was almost extinguished by the barbarous malice of Athaliah, the queen-mother, who, when she heard that her son Ahaziah was slain by Jehu, arose and destroyed all the seed-royal (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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2KI 11:20PRO 29:2 PRO 28:12
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2KI 11:20PRO 29:2 PRO 11:10
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2KI 11:20PRO 29:2 PRO 28:28
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2KI 11:20PRO 29:2 EST 8:15
2KI 11:20PRO 29:2 ECC 10:5
2KI 11:20PRO 11:10 PSA 58:10-11
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2KI 11:202KI 11:14 2CH 34:31
2KI 11:202KI 11:14 2KI 23:3

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