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1 Now
when Athaliah
the mother of Ahaziah
saw that her
son was dead,
she arose
and destroyed all
the royal
offspring.
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
who were slain,
even him and
his nurse, and
put them in
the bedroom; and
they hid him
from Athaliah, so
that he was
not slain.
3 He
was with her
hidden in the
LORD’s house six
years while
Athaliah reigned
over the land.
4 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
LORD’s house; and
he made a
covenant with them,
and made a
covenant with them
in the LORD’s
house, and showed
them the king’s
son.
5 He
commanded them,
saying, “This is
what you must do:
a third of
you, who come in
on the Sabbath,
shall be keepers
of the watch
of the king’s
house;
6 a
third of you
shall be at
the gate Sur;
and a third
of you at
the gate behind
the guard. So
you shall keep
the watch of
the house, and
be a barrier.
7 The
two companies of
you, even all
who go out
on the Sabbath,
shall keep the
watch of the
LORD’s house
around the king.
8 You
shall surround the
king, every man
with his weapons
in his hand;
and he who
comes within the
ranks, let him
be slain. Be
with the king
when he goes
out, and when
he comes in.”
9 The
captains over
hundreds did according
to all that
Jehoiada the
priest commanded;
and they each
took his men,
those who were
to come in
on the Sabbath
with those who
were to go
out on the
Sabbath, and came
to Jehoiada the
priest.
10 The
priest delivered
to the captains
over hundreds the
spears and shields
that had been
King David’s,
which were in
the LORD’s house.
11 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, around the
king.
12 Then
he brought out
the king’s son,
and put the
crown on him,
and gave him
the covenant; and
they made him
king and anointed
him; and they
clapped their
hands, and said,
“Long live the
king!”
13 When
Athaliah heard the
noise of the
guard and of
the people, she
came to the
people into the
LORD’s house;
14 and
she looked, and
behold, the king
stood by the
pillar, as
the tradition was,
with the captains
and the trumpets
by the king;
and all the
people of the land
rejoiced, and blew
trumpets. Then
Athaliah tore
her clothes and
cried, “Treason!
Treason!”
15 Jehoiada
the priest
commanded the
captains of
hundreds who were
set over the
army, and said
to them, “Bring
her out between
the ranks. Kill
anyone who follows
her with the
sword.” For the
priest said, “Don’t
let her be
slain in the
LORD’s house.”
16 So
they seized her;
and she went by
the way of
the horses’ entry
to the king’s
house, and she was
slain there.
17 Jehoiada
made a
covenant between the
LORD and the
king and the
people, that they
should be the
LORD’s people;
also between the
king and the
people.
18 All
the people of
the land went
to the house
of Baal, and
broke it down.
They broke his
altars and his
images in pieces
thoroughly, and
killed Mattan the
priest of Baal
before the altars.
The priest
appointed officers
over the LORD’s
house.
19 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 LORD’s house,
and came by
the way of
the gate of
the guard to
the king’s house.
He sat on
the throne of
the kings.
20 So
all the people
of the land
rejoiced, and the
city was quiet.
They had slain
Athaliah with the
sword at the
king’s house.
21 Jehoash was seven years old
when he began to reign.