1In the seventh year Jehoiada felt himself strong enough to make an agreement with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri, all captains of units of a hundred.
2They went throughout Judah and gathered to Jerusalem the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of clans in Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
3The whole assembly made a compact with the king in the house of God, and Jehoiada said to them, “Here is the king's son! He will be king, as the LORD promised that David's descendants should be.
4This is what you must do: one third of you, priests and Levites, as you come on duty on the sabbath, are to be on guard at the threshold gates,
5another third are to be in the royal palace, and another third are to be at the Foundation Gate, while all the people will be in the courts of the house of the LORD.
6No one must enter the house of the LORD except the priests and the attendant Levites; they may enter, for they are holy, but all the people must continue to keep the LORD's charge.
7The Levites must mount guard round the king, each man holding his weapons, and anyone who tries to enter the house is to be put to death. They are to stay with the king wherever he goes.”
8The Levites and all Judah carried out the orders of Jehoiada the priest to the letter: each captain took his men, both those who came on duty on the sabbath and those who went off, for Jehoiada the priest had not released the outgoing divisions.
9Jehoiada the priest handed out to the captains King David's spears, shields, and bucklers, which were kept in the house of God.
10He stationed all the troops round the king, each man holding his weapon, from corner to corner of the house to north and south.
11Then they brought out the king's son, put the crown on his head, handed him the testimony, and proclaimed him king. When Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, a shout went up: “Long live the king.”
12When Athaliah heard the noise made by the people as they ran and cheered the king, she came into the house of the LORD where the people were,
13and found the king standing by the pillar at the entrance, amidst outbursts of song and fanfares of trumpets in his honour; all the populace were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and singers with musical instruments were leading the celebrations. Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!”
14Jehoiada the priest gave orders to the captains in command of the troops: “Bring her outside the precincts and put to the sword anyone in attendance on her”; for the priest said, “Do not kill her in the house of the LORD.”
15They took her and brought her to the royal palace and there at the passage to the Horse Gate they put her to death.
16Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD on one side and the whole people and the king on the other, that they should be the LORD's people.
17The people all went to the temple of Baal and pulled it down; they smashed its altars and images, and they slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
18Jehoiada committed the supervision of the house of the LORD to the charge of the priests and the Levites whom David had allocated to the house of the LORD, to offer whole-offerings to the LORD as prescribed in the law of Moses, with the singing and rejoicing as handed down from David.
19He stationed the door-keepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, to prevent anyone entering who was in any way unclean.
20Then he took the captains of units of a hundred, the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and they escorted the king from the house of the LORD through the Upper Gate to the palace, and seated him on the royal throne.
21The whole people rejoiced and the city had quiet. That is how Athaliah was put to the sword.
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