2 Kings 11:20

The NET Bible®

All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah with the sword in the royal palace.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death by the sword in the king’s palace.

Hebrew Names Version
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. `Atalyah they had slain with the sword at the king's house.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
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 Century Version
So all the people of the land were very happy, and Jerusalem had peace, because Athaliah had been put to death with the sword at the palace.

Amplified Bible
So all the people of the land rejoiced and the city [of Jerusalem] was quiet. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house.

New American Standard Bible
So all the people of the land rejoiced and the city was peaceful. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And all the people of the land reioyced, & the citie was in quiet: for they had slaine Athaliah with the sworde beside the Kings house.

Legacy Standard Bible
So all the people of the land were glad, and the city was quiet. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house.

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

Complete Jewish Bible
All the people of the land celebrated, and at last the city was quiet. That is how they killed ‘Atalyah with the sword at the royal palace.

Darby Translation
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.

Easy-to-Read Version
All the people were happy, and the city was peaceful. And Queen Athaliah was killed with a sword near the king's palace.

George Lamsa Translation
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet; and they slew Athaliah with the sword in the kings house.

Good News Translation
All the people were filled with happiness, and the city was quiet, now that Athaliah had been killed in the palace.

Lexham English Bible
All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city rested; for Athaliah had been killed with the sword in the palace of the king.

Literal Translation
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And they had slain Athaliah by the sword in the king's house.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And all the people of the lode were glad, and the cite was at rest. As for Athalia, they slewe her with the swerde in ye kynges house.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
So all the people of the land were glad, and the town was quiet; and they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all the people of the lande reioyced, and the citie was in quiet: And they slue Athalia with the sword, beside the kinges palace.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet; and they slew Athaliah with the sword at the king's house.

King James Version (1611)
And all the people of the land reioyced, and the citie was in quiet, and they slew Athaliah with the sword, beside the kings house.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was at rest: and they slew Gotholia with the sword in the house of the king.

English Revised Version
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword at the king’s house.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And al the puple of the lond was glad, and the citee restide. Forsothe Athalia was slayn bi swerd in the hows of the kyng.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Update Bible Version
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And they had slain Athaliah with the sword at the king's house.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king's house.

New King James Version
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.

New Living Translation
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was peaceful because Athaliah had been killed at the king's palace.

New Life Bible
So all the people of the land were filled with joy, and the city was quiet. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house.

New Revised Standard
So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been killed with the sword at the king's house.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and all the people of the land rejoiced, and, the city, had rest, - when they had put, Athaliah, to death with the sword, in the house of the king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Revised Standard Version
So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet after Athali'ah had been slain with the sword at the king's house.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So all the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house.

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ Jehoiada then drew up a covenant between the Lord and the king and people, stipulating that they should be loyal to the Lord . ¹⁸ All the people of the land went and demolished the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols to bits. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest then placed guards at the Lord 's temple. ¹⁹ He took the officers of the units of hundreds, the Carians, the royal bodyguard, and all the people of land, and together they led the king down from the Lord 's temple. They entered the royal palace through the Gate of the Royal Bodyguard, and the king sat down on the royal throne. ²⁰ All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah with the sword in the royal palace. ²¹ Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

rejoiced: 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Chronicles 23:21, Proverbs 11:10, Proverbs 29:2

slew Athaliah: 2 Kings 11:15

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:40 - rejoiced 1 Chronicles 12:40 - there was joy

Cross-References

Luke 3:35
the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all the people of the land rejoiced,.... That one of the house of David was set upon the throne, which they might fear was extinct, as it very near was; the lamp of David was almost quenched, only this single life left, from whom a line of kings proceeded, and the King Messiah; the promise of God cannot fail see Psalms 132:11, this occasioned great joy:

and the city was quiet: was very easy at, yea, pleased with, the dethroning and death of Athaliah; there was no tumult on account thereof, nor such disturbances as she occasioned in her life:

and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house; as related in 2 Kings 11:16 where she was buried, or what became of her carcass, is not said; some have thought she was cast into the brook Kidron, because Josephus says h Jehoiada ordered her to be had into that valley, and there slain.

h Antiqu. l. 9. c. 7. sect. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They 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).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 11:20. 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.