Bible, King James Version
2_Kings
2Kgs.11
[1] And 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 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.
[3] And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six
years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
[4] 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.
[5] 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;
[6] 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.
[7] 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.
[8] And ye shall compass the king around 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.
[9] 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.
[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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