2 Kings 11 : 1 (WEB)
Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
2 Kings 11 : 2 (WEB)
But 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;
2 Kings 11 : 3 (WEB)
He was with her hid in the house of Yahweh six years. Athaliah reigned over the land.
2 Kings 11 : 4 (WEB)
In 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.
2 Kings 11 : 5 (WEB)
He 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;
2 Kings 11 : 6 (WEB)
A 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.
2 Kings 11 : 7 (WEB)
The two companies of you, even all who go forth on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh about the king.
2 Kings 11 : 8 (WEB)
You 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.
2 Kings 11 : 9 (WEB)
The 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.
2 Kings 11 : 10 (WEB)
The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of Yahweh.
2 Kings 11 : 11 (WEB)
The 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.
2 Kings 11 : 12 (WEB)
Then 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.
2 Kings 11 : 13 (WEB)
When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:
2 Kings 11 : 14 (WEB)
and 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!
2 Kings 11 : 15 (WEB)
Jehoiada 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.
2 Kings 11 : 16 (WEB)
So 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.
2 Kings 11 : 17 (WEB)
Jehoiada 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.
2 Kings 11 : 18 (WEB)
All 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.
2 Kings 11 : 19 (WEB)
He 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.
2 Kings 11 : 20 (WEB)
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king's house.
2 Kings 11 : 21 (WEB)
Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
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