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and shields, that
were
in the temple of the L
ORD
.
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, God save the king.
13
And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard
and
of the people, she came to the people
into the temple of the L
ORD
.
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 host, and said unto them,
Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest
had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the L
ORD
.
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 the L
ORD
and the king and the people that they should
be the L
ORD
’S people; between the king also and the people.
18
And all the people of the land went
into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly,
and slewMattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house
of the L
ORD
.
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 the L
ORD
, 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.
CHAPTER KINGS 12
In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And
his mother’s name
was
Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2
And Jehoash did
that which was
right in the sight
of the L
ORD
all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3
But the high places were not
taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
4
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the
house of the L
ORD
,
even
the money of every one that passeth
the account,
the money that every
man is set at,
and
all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the
L
ORD
,
5
Let the priests take
it
to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the
breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
6
But it was
so, that
in the three and
twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
7
Then king
Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the
other
priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not
the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no
more
money of your acquaintance, but deliver
it for the breaches of the house.
8
And the priests consented to receive no
more
money of the people,
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