They slew Athaliah with the sword - This is one of the many small repetitions characteristic of the writer's style, which generally…

All the people of the land ... the city. —Thenius calls this an “evident contrast between the soldiery and the citizens; the forme…

And all the people of the land rejoiced
That one of the house of David was set upon the throne, which they might fea…

King and people would unite most firmly with each other when both had joined themselves to the Lord. It goes well for a people when all the changes…