2 Chronicles 23:21 meaning and explanation

and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword.

2 Chronicles 23:21, Berean Standard Bible

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This closing verse sums up the outcome of the coup in Jerusalem. Jehoiada the priest has crowned the boy Joash, the rightful heir of David, and Queen Athaliah, who had seized the throne and promoted Baal worship, has been executed outside the temple grounds.

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