2 Chronicles 23
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And in the seventh year Jehoi'ada
strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azari'ah
the son of Jero'ham, and Ish'ma-el the son of Jeho'hanan, and
Azari'ah the son of Obed, and Ma-asei'ah the son of Adai'ah, and
Elish'aphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
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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.
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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 LORD hath
said of the sons of David. 2 Sam. 7.12
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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;
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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
LORD.
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But let none come into the house of the
LORD, 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 LORD.
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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.
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So the Levites and all Judah did
according to all things that Jehoi'ada 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 Jehoi'ada the
priest dismissed not the courses.
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Moreover Jehoi'ada 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.
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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.
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Then they brought out the king's son, and
put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made
him king. And Jehoi'ada and his sons anointed him, and said, God
save the king.
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Now when Athali'ah heard the noise of
the people running and praising the king, she came to the people
into the house of the LORD:
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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 music,
and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athali'ah rent her clothes,
and said, Treason, treason.
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Then Jehoi'ada 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 LORD.
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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.
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And Jehoi'ada made a covenant between
him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they
should be the LORD's people.
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Then all the people went to the house of
Ba'al, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in
pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Ba'al before the
altars.
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Also Jehoi'ada appointed the offices of
the house of the LORD by the hand of the
priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the
LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the
LORD, as it is written in the law of
Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by
David.
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And he set the porters at the gates of
the house of the LORD, that none which
was unclean in any thing should enter in.
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And he took the captains of hundreds, and
the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of
the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the
king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the
kingdom.
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And all the people of the land rejoiced:
and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athali'ah with the
sword.
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