21And 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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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.
And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: …
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-21)Here we have, I. The people pleased, 2 Chron. 23:12 , 13 . When the king stood at his pillar, whose right it was to stand there, all the people of the land rejoiced to see a rod sprung out of the stem of Jesse , Isa. 11:1. When it seemed a withered root in a dry ground, to see what they despaired of ever seeing—a king of the house of David, what a pleasing surprise was it to them! They ran in tran…
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