2 Kings 11

Now Athaliah {was} the mother of Ahaziah, and she saw that her son had died. And she arose, and she destroyed all of the seed of the kingdom.

But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, and she stole him away from the midst of the sons of the king being killed, him and his nurse, in the room of the beds. And they hid him from the face of Athaliah, and he was not killed.

And he was with her {in} the house of God, being hidden six years, and Athaliah reigned over the land. \*

And in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent, and he took the commanders of hundreds to the Carite and to the runners, and he brought them to himself at the house of God. And he cut a covenant with them, and he made them swear in the house of God, and he showed them the son of the king.

And he commanded them, saying, “This {is} the thing that you shall do. A third of you coming in on the Sabbath indeed {shall be} keepers of the keeping of the house of the king,

and a third {shall be} at the gate of Sur, and a third {shall be} at the gate behind the runners. And you shall keep the keeping of the house, as a barrier. \*

And the two of the hands among you, everyone going out on the Sabbath, even they shall keep the keeping of the house of God for the king.

And you shall surround around the king all around, a man with his weapons in his hand, and one coming to the ranks shall be killed. And be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in.” \*

And the captains of the hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And they took, a man his men, the ones coming in on the Sabbath with the ones going out on the Sabbath, and they came to Jehoiada the priest.

And the priest gave to the captains of the hundreds the spears and the shields that {were} to King David that {were} in the house of God. \*

And the runners stood, a man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, to the altar and to the house, around the king all around.

And he brought out the son of the king, and he set a crown on him, and the testimony, and they made him king, and they anointed him. And they struck palm, and they said, “May the king live!” \*

And Athaliah heard the sound of the runners {and} the people, and she came to the people {at} the house of God.

And she looked, and behold, the king was standing by the pillar, according to the custom, and the commanders and the trumpeters {were} near the king, and all of the people of the land were rejoicing and blasting on trumpets. And Athaliah tore her clothes, and she called out, “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!” \*

And Jehoiada the priest commanded the commanders of hundreds, the officers of the force, and said to them, “Bring her from the house to the ranks. And the one coming after her, kill with the sword.” For the priest said, “Let her not be killed in the house of God.”

And they put two hands to her, and she went the way of the entrance of horses {to} the house of the king, and she was killed there. \*

And Jehoiada cut a covenant between God and between the king and between the people, to become a people for God, and between the king and between the people.

And all of the people of the land went {to} the house of Baal, and they tore down his altar, and they shattered his images thoroughly, and they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, to the face of the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of God. \*

And he took the commanders of the hundreds and the Carite and the runners and all of the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of God, and they entered the way of the gate of the runners {into} the house of the king. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

And all of the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, for they had killed Athaliah with the sword {at} the house of the king. \*

Joash {was} a son of seven years when he reigned. \*