| 1 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead,
she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter
of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole
him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse,
and put them in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so
that he was not slain; 3 And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah
six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.
4 And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over
hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the
house of Jehovah; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them
in the house of Jehovah, and showed them the king's son. 5 And he
commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of
you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's
house; 6 And a third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at
the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, and be a
barrier. 7 And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the
sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king.
8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in
his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain: and be ye
with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.
9 And the captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the
priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in
on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath, and came to
Jehoiada the priest. 10 And the priest delivered to the captains over
hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the
house of Jehovah. 11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in
his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house,
along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. 12 Then he
brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him
the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped
their hands, and said, Long live the king.
13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the
people, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah: 14 and she
looked, and, behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the
captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land
rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried,
Treason! treason! 15 And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of
hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth
between the ranks; and him that followeth her slay with the sword. For the
priest said, Let her not be slain in the house of Jehovah. 16 So they made
way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's
house: and there was she slain.
17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the
people, that they should be Jehovah's people; between the king also and the
people. 18 And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and
brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and
slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed
officers over the house of Jehovah. 19 And he took the captains over
hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and
they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way of
the gate of the guard unto the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the
kings. 20 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet.
And Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king's house. 21 Jehoash
was seven years old when he began to reign.
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