2 Kings 11:20

JPS Old Testament

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.

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.

New English Translation
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.

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.

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 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people. ¹⁸ And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. ¹⁹ And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. ²⁰ 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. ²¹span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="2ki.11.1" class="versetxt"> Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bed-chamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years; and Athaliah reigned over the land. And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds, of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son. And he commanded them, saying: 'This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, and that keep the watch of the king's house-- now another third part was at the gate Sur, and another third part at the gate behind the guard--shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier. And the other two parts of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain; and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.' And the captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spear and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of the LORD. And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. Then he brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown and the insignia; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said: 'Long live the king.' And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the house of the LORD. And she looked, and, behold, the king stood on the platform, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried: 'Treason, treason.' And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them: 'Have her forth between the ranks; and him that followeth her slay with the sword'; for the priest said: 'Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.' So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house; and there was she slain. And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people. And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 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.

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

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.