So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword.
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So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword.
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And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
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So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet; and they slew Athaliah with the sword.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 23:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 11:20 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword at the king’s house.
- Psalms 58:10-11 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked, so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
- Proverbs 11:10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
- Revelation 18:20 “Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”
- Revelation 19:1-4 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God; for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.” A second said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.” The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For where a tyrant and an idolater reigneth, there…
For where a tyrant and an idolater reigneth, there can be no quietness for the plagues of God are ever among such people.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 23:21 And all the people of the land…
2Ch 23:21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
Ver. 21. And all the people of the land rejoiced.] So, and much more shall the whole community of God’s people do, when the whore of Rome is executed by Christ, the true Jehoiada, who shall throw her out of the temple, and burn her with fire, because she hath slain the seed royal, put down kings at her pleasure, usurped the government of the Church, set up altars and images to Baalim, called such traitors as seek to set the crown upon Christ’s head, &c. But how impudent and ungrateful was Rhiston the Jesuit, who being condemned to die, and yet pardoned by Queen Elizabeth, ran beyond sea, and railed on her in print, saying that she was worse than Athaliah, Maachah, Jezebel, Herodias, &c.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Rejoiced, &c. - The generality of the people rejoiced,…
Rejoiced, &c. - The generality of the people rejoiced, the rest were quiet and made no opposition. When the Son of David is enthroned in the soul, all therein is quiet, and springs of joy are opened.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 21. The city was quiet] There was no…
Verse 21. The city was quiet] There was no attempt at a counter-revolution. Concerning the coronation of Joash, there is a curious circumstance mentioned by the Targumist on 2Ch 23:11, it is as follows: -
"And they brought forth the son of the king, and put on him the royal crown which David took from the head of the king of the children of Ammon. In it was inserted the precious attracting stone, in which was engraven and expressed the great and honourable NAME [יהוה] which David had placed there by the Holy Spirit: and it was of the weight of a talent of gold; it was therefore a testimony to the house of David that no king who was not of the seed of David should be able to put it on his head, nor be able to bear its weight. When, therefore, the people saw it placed on the head of Joash, and that he was able to bear this crown, they believed him to be of the seed of David, and immediately constituted him king. Therefore Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, May the king be prosperous in his kingdom!"
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The Jews say that this was the crown of the king of the Ammonites; and that it was always worn afterwards by the kings of the house of Judah. See Jarchi on this place.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 23:21. All the people rejoiced: and the city…
2Ch 23:21. All the people rejoiced: and the city was quiet — The generality of the people rejoiced, the rest were quiet, and made no opposition. When the son of David is enthroned in the soul, all therein is quiet, and springs of joy are opened.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. after that they had slain] R.V. and they…
21. after that they had slain] R.V. and they slew.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain First purity, then peace.
First purity, then peace.
the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword." We can conceive of many occasions when the "slaying of a woman with the sword" should not and would not lead to quietude, but to unrest, to turbulence, and to strife. But this "wicked woman," Athaliah, was the impersonation of usurpation and of idolatry. To slay her was to "put away the evil thing" from above and from the midst of the people of God. It was an act of purgation, of cleansing of the nation"s conscience. It was a spiritual upheaval, throwing off a heavy weight that rested on the spirit of obedience. It was an act of excision, cutting off the guilty "right hand" that the "whole body" might be saved. If there be in the way of our conscientious adhesion to the cause, and engagement in the service, of Christ any such obstacle as was this Athaliah to the people of Judah, then no half-measures will suffice. The evil, whatever it be, must be slain with the sword, must be "done to death," must be relentlessly rooted out; then, and net till then, will there be quiet through all the region of the soul. We may find this Athaliah of ours in
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I AN INSINCERE PROFESSION OF FAITH we no longer hold, and consequently a disloyal practice in which we do not believe.
II AN IMMORAL OR INJURIOUS HABIT, which may be secretly cherished, but which we know to be guilty.
III AN UNLAWFUL GAIN, which our conscience condemns.
IV A COMPANIONSHIP (or companionships), which cannot be retained while Jesus Christ is honoured and obeyed. C.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And the city was quiet, after that they had…
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And the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
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A wicked woman
Is it possible that a time may come when people will rejoice that we are dead? Will some pulpits be more honoured by emptiness man by occupancy? Will some businesses have a chance to recover their character when the principals are dead, but not so long as those principals initiate and conduct the policy of the house? Is it possible that a throne may be a fountain of mischief? Questions such as these, penetrating, unsparing, we should thrust into ourselves, that they may work first painfully and then curatively. Is there no explanation given of all this rejoicing over the death of Athaliah? The explanation is given in 2Ch_24:7 --that wicked woman. This is an alliteration which the grammarian might detest, the rhetorician avoid as a vice in eloquence, but which the moralist must look at with a sense of ineffable shame. Wicked woman--it is impossible! It ought to be an affront to the very genius of creation; say dark sun, say waterless sea, say flowerless summer, and the irony might be tolerated, for it might be only a discord in words; but wicked woman indicates a possibility that makes all hell easy of belief. This is the moral explanation of the physical disaster. Athaliah was slain with the sword--cry, Murder then! Arrest the homicide, the regicide! But wait; you know not all; the explanatory word found in the context--that wicked woman. (J. Parker, D.D.)
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