2 Kings 11
Athaliah Usurps the
Throne |
2 Chr.
22.10--23.21 |
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And when Athali'ah the mother of Ahazi'ah
saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed
royal.
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But Jehosh'eba, the daughter of king
Joram, sister of Ahazi'ah, took Jo'ash the son of Ahazi'ah, and
stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and
they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from
Athali'ah, so that he was not slain.
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And he was with her hid in the house of
the LORD six years. And Athali'ah did reign
over the land.
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And the seventh year Jehoi'ada sent and
fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard,
and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath
of them in the house of the LORD, and showed
them the king's son.
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And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter
in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's
house;
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and a third part shall be at the
gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall
ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken
down.
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And two parts of all you that go forth on
the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the
LORD about the king.
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And ye shall compass the king round
about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh
within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he
goeth out and as he cometh in.
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And the captains over the hundreds did
according to all things that Jehoi'ada the priest commanded:
and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath,
with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoi'ada
the priest.
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And to the captains over hundreds did the
priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the
temple of the LORD.
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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.
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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.
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And when Athali'ah heard the noise of
the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the
temple of the LORD.
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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 Athali'ah rent her clothes, and cried,
Treason, treason.
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But Jehoi'ada 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 LORD.
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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.
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And Jehoi'ada made a covenant between
the LORD and the king and the people, that they
should be the LORD's people; between the king
also and the people.
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And all the people of the land went into
the house of Ba'al, and brake it down; his altars and his images
brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Ba'al
before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house
of the LORD.
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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 LORD, 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.
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And all the people of the land rejoiced,
and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athali'ah with the sword beside the king's house.
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Seven years old was Jeho'ash
when he began to reign.
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