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II Chronicles
Chapter 23
1
And in the seventh year
Jehoiada
strengthened himself,
and
took the captains of hundreds,
Azariah
the son of Jeroham,
and
Ishmael the son of Jehohanan,
and
Azariah the son of Obed,
and
Maaseiah the son of Adaiah,
and
Elishaphat the son of Zichri,
into
covenant with him.
2
And they went about in Judah,
and
gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah,
and
the chief of the fathers of Israel,
and
they came to Jerusalem.
3
And all the congregation
made
a covenant with the king
in
the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead.
And
he said unto them,
Behold,
the king's son shall reign,
as
Jehovah/God has said of the sons of David.
4
This is the thing that you shall do:
A
third part of you entering on the Sabbath,
of
the priests and of the Levites,
shall
be porters of the doors; 5
and
a third part shall be at the king's house;
and
a third part at the gate of the foundation
and
all the people shall be in the courts
of
the house of Jehovah/God.
6
But let none come into the house of Jehovah/God,
save
the priests,
and
those who minister of the Levites;
they
shall go in, for they are holy
but
all the people shall keep the watch of Jehovah/God.
7
And the Levites shall compass the king round about,
every
man with his weapons in his hand;
and
whosoever else comes into the house,
he
shall be put to death
but
be you with the king when he comes in,
and
when he goes out.
8
So the Levites and all Judah
did
according to all things
that
Jehoiada the priest had commanded,
and
took every man his men
who
were to come in on the Sabbath,
with
them that were to go out on the Sabbath . . .
for
Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
9
Moreover Jehoiada the priest
delivered
to the captains of hundreds
spears,
and bucklers, and shields,
that
had been king David's,
which
were in the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead.
10
And he set all the people,
every
man having his weapon in his hand,
from
the right side of the temple
to
the left side of the temple,
along
by the altar and the temple,
by
the king round about.
11
Then they brought out the king's son,
and
put upon him the crown,
and
gave him the testimony,
and
made him king.
And
Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said,
Life
to the king.
{idiom of a greeting to a king - the British say 'God save the King'
and that is how it is translated in the KJV}
12
Now when Athaliah
heard
the noise of the people
running
and praising the king,
she
came to the people into the house of Jehovah/God . . . 13
and
she looked, and, behold,
the
king stood at his pillar at the entering in,
and
the princes and the trumpets by the king
and
all the people of the land rejoiced,
and
sounded with trumpets,
also
the singers with instruments of music,
and
such as taught to sing praise.
Then
Athaliah rent her clothes,
and
said, Treason, Treason.
14
Then Jehoiada the priest
brought
out the captains of hundreds
who
were set over the army/host,
and
said unto them,
Have
her forth of the ranges
and
whoso follows her,
let
him be slain with the sword.
For
the priest said,
Slay
her not in the house of Jehovah/God.
15
So they laid hands on her;
and
when she was come
to
the entering of the horse gate
by
the king's house,
they
slew her there.
16
And Jehoiada made a covenant between him,
and
between all the people,
and
between the king,
that
they should be Jehovah/God's people.
17
Then all the people went to the house of Baal,
and
tore it down,
and
brake his altars and his images in pieces,
and
slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
18
Also Jehoiada appointed the offices
of
the house of Jehovah/God
by
the hand of the priests the Levites,
whom
David had distributed
in
the house of Jehovah/God,
to
offer the burnt offerings of Jehovah/God,
as
it is written in the law of Moses,
with
rejoicing and with singing,
as
it was ordained by David.
19
And he set the porters at the gates
of
the house of Jehovah/God,
that
none which was unclean
in
any thing should enter in.
20
And he took the captains of hundreds,
and
the nobles, and the governors of the people,
and
all the people of the land,
and
brought down the king
from
the house of Jehovah/God
and
they came through the high gate
into
the king's house,
and
set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
21
And all the people of the land rejoiced
and
the city was quiet,
after
that they had slain Athaliah
with
the sword.
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