II Kings Chapter 11

II Kings Chapter 11
1 Then Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah
when she saw that her son was dead, she
arose, and destroyed all the king's seed.
2 But Jehosheba the daughter of king
Jehoram, and sister to Ahaziah took
Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him
from among the king's sons that should
be slain, both him and his nurse, keeping
them in the bedchamber, and they hid
him from Athaliah, so that he was not
slain.
3 And he was with her hid in the house
of the Lord six year: and Athaliah did
reign over the land.
4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and
took the captains over hundreds, with
other captains and them of the guard,
and caused them to come unto 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
showed them the king's son. 5 And he
commanded them, saying, This is it that
ye must do, The third part of you, that
cometh on the Sabbath, shall ward
toward the king's house: 6 And another
third part in the gate of Sur: and another
third part in the gate behind them of the
guard: and ye shall keep watch in the
house of Massah. 7 And two parts of
you, that is, all that go out on the
Sabbath day, 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 weapon in his
hand, and whosoever cometh within the
ranges, let him be slain: be you with the
king, as he goeth out and in.
9 And the captains of the hundreds did
according to all that Jehoiada the priest
commanded, and they took every man his
men that entered in to their charge on
the Sabbath with them that went out of it
on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the
priest.
10 And the priest gave to the captains of
hundreds the spears and the shields that
were king David’s, and were in the
house of the Lord.
11 And the guard stood, every man with
his weapon in his hand, from the right
side of the house to the left side, about
the altar and about the house, round
about the king.
12 Then he brought out the king's son,
and put the crown upon him and gave
him the testimony, and they made him
king: also they anointed him, and
clapped their hands, and said, God save
the king.
13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of
the running of the people, she came into
the people in the house 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.
Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and
cried, Treason, treason.
15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded
the captains of the hundreds that had the
rule of the host, and said unto them,
Have her forth of the ranges, and he that
followeth her, let him die by the sword:
for the priest had said, Let her not be
slain in the house of the Lord.
16 Then they laid hands on her, and she
went by the way, by the which the horses
go to the house of the king, 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: likewise between the king and
the people.
18 Then all the people of the land went
into the house of Baal, and destroyed it
with his altars, and his images break
they down courageously, and slew
Mattan the priest of Baal before the
altars: and the priest set a guard over the
house of the Lord.
19 Then he took the captains of
hundreds, and the other captains, and the
guard, and all the people of the land: and
they brought 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 him down on the throne of the
kings.
20 And all the people of the land
rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: for
they had slain Athaliah with the sword
beside the king's house.
21 Seven year old was Jehoash when he
began to reign.