2 Kings 11
1 And when
Athaliah the
mother of
Ahaziah saw that her
son was
dead, she
arose and
destroyed all the
seed royal. 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.
3 And he was with her
hid in the
house of the
LORD six years. And
Athaliah did
reign over the
land. 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. 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; 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. 21 Seven years old was
Jehoash when he began to
reign.