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1 | And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was
dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. |
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2 | But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah,
took Joash the son of Ahaziah, 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 Athaliah, so that he was not
slain. |
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3 | And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years.
And Athaliah did reign over the land. |
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4 | And the seventh year Jehoiada 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 shewed
them the king's son. |
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5 | 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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6 | 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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7 | 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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8 | 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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9 | And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things
that Jehoiada 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 Jehoiada the priest. |
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10 | 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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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. |
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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. |
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13 | And when Athaliah 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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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. |
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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 LORD. |
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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. |
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17 | And Jehoiada 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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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 slew Mattan the priest of Baal before
the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house
of the LORD. |
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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 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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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. |
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21 | Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. |
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