The Second Book of Kings (WEB)
11: 1Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and
destroyed all the seed royal. 11:2But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took
Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain, even
him and his nurse, and put them in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he
was not slain; 11:3He was with her hid in the house of Yahweh six years. Athaliah reigned over the
land. 11:4In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and
of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Yahweh; and he made a covenant with
them, and took an oath of them in the house of Yahweh, and shown them the king's son. 11:5He
commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do: a third part of you, who come in on
the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house; 11:6A third part shall be at the gate
Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall you keep the watch of the house, and be
a barrier. 11:7The two companies of you, even all who go forth on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch
of the house of Yahweh about the king. 11:8You shall compass the king round about, every man
with his weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks, let him be slain: and be you
with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in. 11:9The captains over hundreds did
according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man 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. 11:10The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields
that had been king David's, which were in the house of Yahweh. 11:11The 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, by the king round about. 11:12Then he brought out the king's son, and put
the crown on him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and
they clapped their hands, and said, Long live the king. 11:13When Athaliah heard the noise of the
guard and of the people, she came to the people into the house of Yahweh: 11:14and she looked, and,
behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and 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, Treason! treason! 11:15Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were
set over the host, and said to them, Have her forth between the ranks; and him who follows her
kill with the sword. For the priest said, Don't let her be slain in the house of Yahweh. 11:16So they
made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house: and there was
she slain. 11:17Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they
should be Yahweh's people; between the king also and the people. 11:18All the people of the land
went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces
thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers
over the house of Yahweh. 11:19He 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 the house of Yahweh, and
came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. He sat on the throne of the kings.
11:20So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. Athaliah they had slain with the
sword at the king's house. 11:21Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
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