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chapter 11
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And
Athalia the mother of Ochozias seeing that her son was dead, arose, and slew
all the royal seed.
2 But Josaba the daughter of king Joram, sister of
Ochozias, took Joas the son of Ochozias, and stole him from among the king's
sons that were slain, out of the bedchamber with his nurse: and hid him from
the face of Athalia, so that he was not slain.
3 And he was with her six years hid in the house of the
Lord. And Athalia reigned over the land.
4 And in the seventh year Joiada seat, and taking the
centurions and the soldiers, brought them in to him into the temple of the
Lord, and made a covenant with them: and taking an oath of them in the house of
the Lord, shewed them the king's son:
5 And he commanded them, saying: This is the thing that
you must do:
6 Let a third part of you go in on the sabbath, and
keep the watch of the king's house. And let a third part be at the gate of Sur:
and let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shieldbearers:
and you shall keep the watch of the house of Messa.
7 But let two parts of you, all that go forth on the
sabbath, keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.
8 And you shall compass him round about, having weapons
in your hands: and if any man shall enter the precinct of the temple, let him
be slain: and you shall be with the king coming in and going out.
9 And the centurions did according to all things that
Joiada the priest had commanded them: and taking every one their men, that went
in on the sabbath, with them that went out on the sabbath, came to Joiada the
priest.
10 And he gave them the spears, and the arms of king
David, which were in the house of the Lord.
11 And they stood having every one their weapons in
their hands, from the right side of the temple, unto the left side of the
altar, and of the temple, about the king.
12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the
diadem upon him, and the testimony: and they made him king, and anointed him:
and clapping their hands. they said, God save the king.
13 And Athalia heard the noise of the people running:
and going in to the people into the temple of the Lord,
14 She saw the king standing upon a tribunal, as the
manner was, and the singers, and the trumpets near him, and all the people of
the land rejoicing, and sounding the trumpets: and she rent her garments, and
cried: A conspiracy, a conspiracy.
15 But Joiada commended the centurions that were over
the army, and said to them: Have her forth without the precinct of the temple,
and whosoever shall follow her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest
had said: Let her not be slain in the temple of the Lord.
16 And they laid hands on her: and thrust her out by
the way by which the horses go in, by the palace, and she was slain there.
17 And Joiada made a covenant between the Lord, and the
king, and the people, that they should be the people of the Lord, and between
the king and the people.
18 And all the people of the land went into the temple
of Baal, and broke down his altars, and his images they broke in pieces
thoroughly: they slew also Mathan the priest of Baal before the altar. And the
priest set guards in the house of the Lord.
19 And he took the centurions, and the bands of the
Cerethi and the Phelethi, and all the people of the land, and they brought the
king from the house of the Lord: and they came by the way of the gate of the
shieldbearers into the palace. and he sat on the throne of the kings.
20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the
city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword in the king's house.
21 Now Joas was seven years old, when he began to
reign.
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