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2 Chronicles 23:21

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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. 2 Kings 11:20Rank 1 from verse 21
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    20And 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. Proverbs 11:10Rank 2 from verse 21
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    10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

  3. Psalms 58:10–11Rank 3 from verse 21
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    10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

    11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

  4. Revelation 18:20Rank 4 from verse 21
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    20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

  5. Revelation 19:1–4Rank 5 from verse 21
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    1AND 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:

    2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

    3And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

    4And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

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2 Chronicles 23:21

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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quiet

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Sense 1: Stillness, rest, peace, or freedom from disturbance. Sense 2: Calm or still, or to make calm.

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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20And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lord: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

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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