King James Version
2 Kings 11:20 in the King James Version says “And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the kin...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
2 Kings 11:20 · KJV
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake 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. officers: Heb. offices
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, 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 to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
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.
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
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“rejoiced”
H8055probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And all the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“with the sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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