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priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
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And
he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
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And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, PrAzariah
the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and PrAzariah 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 God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the L
ORD
hath said of the sons
of David.
4
This
is
the thing that ye 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 the L
ORD
.
6
But let none come into the house of the L
ORD
, save the priests, and they that
minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they
are
holy: but all the people shall keep the watch
of the L
ORD
.
7
And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons
in his hand; and whosoever
else
cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the
king when he cometh in, and when he goeth 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 that 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 God.
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, God save the king.
12
Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to
the people into the house of the L
ORD
:
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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 musick, 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 that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have
her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest
said, Slay her not in the house of the L
ORD
.
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 the L
ORD
’S people.
17
Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and
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