2 Chronicles 23
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v1
In the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into a covenant with him.
v2
They went around in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathersโ households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
v3
All the assembly made a covenant with the king in Godโs house. He said to them, โBehold, the kingโs son must reign, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David.
v4
This is the thing that you must do. A third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be gatekeepers of the thresholds.
v5
A third part shall be at the kingโs house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation. All the people will be in the courts of Yahwehโs house.
v6
But let no one come into Yahwehโs house, except the priests and those who minister of the Levites. They shall come in, for they are holy, but all the people shall follow Yahwehโs instructions.
v7
The Levites shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand. Whoever comes into the house, let him be slain. Be with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out.โ
v8
So the Levites and all Judah 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; for Jehoiada the priest didnโt dismiss the shift.
v9
Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king Davidโs, which were in Godโs house.
v10
He set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, near the altar and the house, around the king.
v11
Then they brought out the kingโs son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant, and made him king. Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, โLong live the king!โ
v12
When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into Yahwehโs house.
v13
Then she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king. All the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. The singers also played musical instruments, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, โTreason! treason!โ
v14
Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, โBring her out between the ranks; and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword.โ For the priest said, โDonโt kill her in Yahwehโs house.โ
v15
So they made way for her. She went to the entrance of the horse gate to the kingโs house; and they killed her there.
v16
Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king, that they should be Yahwehโs people.
v17
All the people went to the house of Baal, broke it down, broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
v18
Jehoiada appointed the officers of Yahwehโs house under the hand of the Levitical priests, whom David had distributed in Yahwehโs house, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as David had ordered.
v19
He set the gatekeepers at the gates of Yahwehโs house, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
v20
He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from Yahwehโs house. They came through the upper gate to the kingโs house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.
v21
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword.