2 Chronicles 23:21

“And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.”

"And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword." - 2 Chronicles 23:21
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What does 2 Chronicles 23:21 mean?

2 Chronicles 23:21 (KJV) reads, "And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword." This verse comes at the end of the account of the coronation of Joash as king of Judah. Athaliah, the mother of the previous king…

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The Joy of Deliverance: Finding Peace in God’s Justice

In the book of 2 Chronicles 23:21, we read, "And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword." To fully appreciate this verse, we must understand the context surrounding it, as well as its profound implications…

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A Prayer for Renewal and Restoration: Inspired by 2 Chronicles 23:21

Heavenly Father, We come before You in reverence, acknowledging Your greatness and power. As we reflect on the words of 2 Chronicles 23:21, "And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword," we are reminded of a…

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2 Chronicles 23:21 - "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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1 Chronicles 23:2 - "¶ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites."
"¶ The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish." - 1 Chronicles 23:21
2 Chronicles 23:2 - "And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem."
2 Chronicles 4:21 - "And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;"
2 Kings 21:23 - "¶ And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house."
2 Chronicles 21:18 - "¶ And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease."
2 Kings 8:23 - "And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
2 Kings 15:21 - "¶ And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"
2 Chronicles 24:21 - "And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD."
2 Chronicles 21:8 - "¶ In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king."
2 Kings 23:28 - "Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
2 Chronicles 21:2 - "And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel."
2 Chronicles 23:19 - "And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in."
2 Chronicles 13:21 - "¶ But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters."
2 Chronicles 21:16 - "¶ Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:"
2 Kings 21:25 - "Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
2 Chronicles 29:23 - "And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:"
2 Chronicles 30:23 - "And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness."
2 Chronicles 23:16 - "¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people."