All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, now that Athaliah had been put to death by the sword.
In context
19He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of Yahweh, so that no one unclean in any way could go in. 20He took the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of Yahweh; they came through the Upper Gate into the king’s house and seated the king on the royal throne. 21All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, now that Athaliah had been put to death by the sword.