2 Kings 11
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v1
Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring.
v2
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the kingโs 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.
v3
He was with her hidden in Yahwehโs house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.
v4
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 Yahwehโs house; and he made a covenant with them, and made a covenant with them in Yahwehโs house, and showed them the kingโs son.
v5
He commanded them, saying, โThis is what you must do: a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the kingโs house;
v6
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.
v7
The two companies of you, even all who go out on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of Yahwehโs house around the king.
v8
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.โ
v9
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.
v10
The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king Davidโs, which were in Yahwehโs house.
v11
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.
v12
Then he brought out the kingโs 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, โLong live the king!โ
v13
When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into Yahwehโs house:
v14
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, โTreason! Treason!โ
v15
Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, โBring her out between the ranks. Kill anyone who follows her with the sword.โ For the priest said, โDonโt let her be slain in Yahwehโs house.โ
v16
So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horsesโ entry to the kingโs house, and she was slain there.
v17
Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahwehโs people; also between the king and the people.
v18
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 Yahwehโs house.
v19
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 Yahwehโs house, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the kingโs house. He sat on the throne of the kings.
v20
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword at the kingโs house.
v21
Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.