20 All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death by the sword in the king’s palace.

Judah’s King Joash

21 Joash[a](A) was seven years old when he became king.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:21 = The Lord Has Bestowed

20 All the people of the land rejoiced,(A) and the city was calm, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword at the palace.

21 Joash[a] was seven years old when he began to reign.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:21 Hebrew Jehoash, a variant of Joash
  2. 2 Kings 11:21 In Hebrew texts this verse (11:21) is numbered 12:1.