2 Kings 11:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 11:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 11:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
2 Kings 11:20 — World English Bible
2 Kings 11:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
2 Kings 11:20 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 11:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And all the people of the land rejoice, and the city <FI>is<Fi> quiet, and Athaliah they have put to death by the sword in the house of the king;”
2 Kings 11:20 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 11:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
2 Kings 11:20 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 11:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And all the people of the land reioyced, and the citie was in quiet: for they had slaine Athaliah with the sworde beside the Kings house.”
2 Kings 11:20 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 11:20 in Context — 2 Kings 11
18 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.
19 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.
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.
21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
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What Does 2 Kings 11:20 Mean?
2 Kings 11:20 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 11. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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