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II Kings
Chapter 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
who
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 Jehovah/God 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 Jehovah/God,
and
made a covenant with them,
and
took an oath of them
in
the house of Jehovah/God,
and
showed them the king's son.
5
And he commanded them, saying,
This
is the thing that you shall do;
a
third part of you who 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 you 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 Jehovah/God
about
the king.
8
And you shall compass the king round about,
every
man with his weapons in his hand
and
he who comes within the ranges, let him be slain.
And
be you with the king
as
he goes out and as he comes 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
who
were to come in on the Sabbath,
with
those who should go out n 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 Jehovah/God.
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, 'May the king keep on living'.
{idiom expressing good wishes to the new king}
13
And when Athaliah heard the noise
of
the guard and of the people,
she
came to the people into the temple of Jehovah/God.
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 army/host, and said unto them,
have
her forth without the ranges
and
he who follows her
kill
with the sword.
For
the priest had said,
Let
her not be slain in the house of Jehovah/God.
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 Jehovah/God
and
the king and the people,
that
they should be Jehovah/God's people;
between
the king also and the people.
18
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal,
and
broke 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 Jehovah/God.
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 Jehovah/God,
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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