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And when
Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son
was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed
royal.
02 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram,
sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah,
and stole him from among the king's sons which
were slain; and they hid him, even him and his
nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that
he was not slain.
03 And he was with her hid in the house of the
Lord six years. And Athaliah did reign over the
land.
04 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched
the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and
the guard, and brought them to him into the house
of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and
took an oath of them in the house of the Lord,
and shewed them the king's son.
05 And he commanded them, saying, This is the
thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that
enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of
the watch of the king's house;
06 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur;
and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so
shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be
not broken down.
07 And two parts of all you that go forth on the
sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the
house of the Lord about the king.
08 And ye shall compass the king round about,
every man with his weapons in his hand: and he
that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain:
and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he
cometh in.
09 And the captains over the hundreds did
according to all things that Jehoiada the priest
commanded: and they took every man his men that
were to come in on the sabbath, with them that
should go out on the sabbath, and came to
Jehoiada the priest.
10 And to the captains over hundreds did the
priest give king David's spears and shields, that
were in the temple of the Lord.
11 And the guard stood, every man with his
weapons in his hand, round about the king, from
the right corner of the temple to the left corner
of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
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12 And he brought forth 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, God save the
king.
13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard
and of the people, she came to the people into
the temple of the Lord.
14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by
a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and
the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of
the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and
Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason,
Treason.
15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains
of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and
said unto them, Have her forth without the
ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the
sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be
slain in the house of the Lord.
16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by
the way by the which the horses came into the
king's house: and there was she slain.
17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord
and the king and the people, that they should be
the Lord's people; between the king also and the
people.
18 And all the people of the land went into 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 the Lord.
19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the
captains, and the guard, and all the people of
the land; and they brought down the king from the
house of the Lord, and came by the way of the
gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat
on the throne of the kings.
20 And 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.
21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to
reign.
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