2Ch 23 | ABEn | STEP | And in the [ 2 year 1 seventh] Jehoiada determined, and [ 3 took 1 the 2 commanders of hundreds] Azariah son of Jehoram, and Ishmael son of Jehohanan, and Azariah son of Obed, and Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri, with him in covenant.

2 Chronicles 23

CHAPTER 23 Joash Reigns in Judah

1 And in the [²year ¹seventh] Jehoiada determined, and [³took ¹the ²commanders of hundreds] Azariah son of Jehoram, and Ishmael son of Jehohanan, and Azariah son of Obed, and Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri, with him in covenant. 2 And they encircled Judah, and gathered the Levites from out of all the cities of Judah, and the rulers of the families of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 3 And [⁴ordained ¹all ²the ³assembly] a covenant in the house of God with the king. And he said to them, Behold, the son of the king, let him reign! as the lord spoke concerning the house of David. 4 And now this is the word what you shall do. The third of you [⁶enter ⁷on the ⁸Sabbath ¹of the ²priests ³and ⁴of the ⁵Levites], and go unto the gates of the entrances; 5 and the third unto the house of the king; and the third unto the gate the one in the middle! And all the people will be in the courtyards of the house of the lord. 6 And let no one enter into the house of the lord, except the priests and the Levites, and the ones officiating to the Levites! They shall enter, for they are holy. And all the people let guard the watches of the lord! 7 And [³shall encircle ¹the ²Levites] the king round about, each man and his weapon in his hand, and the one entering into the house shall die. And they will be with the king for his entering and exiting. 8 And [⁶did ¹the ²Levites ³and ⁴all ⁵Judah] according to all as much as [⁴gave charge ¹Jehoiada ²the ³priest]. And [²took ¹each man] his men entering on the Sabbath, unto exiting of the Sabbath, for [⁴did not ⁵rest up ¹Jehoiada ²the ³priest] the daily rotations. 9 And [⁴gave ¹Jehoiada ²the ³priest] the commanders of hundreds orders, and the swords, and the large shields, and the small shields which was of king David in the house of God. 10 And he stationed all the people, each with his weapons, from the protrusion of the house at the right, unto the protrusion of the house at the left by the altar, and at the house by the king round about. 11 And he led out the son of the king, and put upon him the crown, and the testimony, and they made him to reign. And [⁶anointed ⁷him ¹Jehoiada ²the ³priest ⁴and ⁵his sons], and they said, Let [³live ¹the ²king]! 12 And Athaliah heard the sound of the people, of the ones running, and acknowledging, and praising the king. And she entered to the king, into the house of the lord. 13 And she beheld, and behold, the king stood at his station, and at the entrance were the rulers and the trumpets. And the rulers were around the king. And all the people of the land were being glad and trumpeting with the trumpets, and the ones singing with the instruments of the odes, the singers and ones singing praise. And Athaliah tore her robe, and yelled and said, Conspiracy, conspiracy. 14 And came forth Jehoiada the priest, and he gave charge to the commanders of hundreds, and to the chiefs of the force. And said to them, Lead her outside of the house, and go forth after her, and let her die by the sword! For [³said ¹the ²priest], Let her not die in the house of the lord!

Athaliah Put to Death

15 And they placed [²upon ³her ¹hands], and she went through the gate of the horsemen of the house of the king, and they put her to death there. 16 And Jehoiada ordained a covenant between he and between the people, and between the king, to be for a people to the lord. 17 And [⁶entered ¹all ²the ³people ⁴of the ⁵land] into the house of Baal, and tore it down, and his altars; and his images they ground fine; and [²Mattan ³the ⁴priest of Baal ¹they put to death] before his altars. 18 And [⁴committed ¹Jehoiada ²the ³priest] the works of the house of the lord in the hand of the priests and Levites. And he reestablished the daily rotations of the priests and the Levites, as David separated for the house of the lord, to offer to the lord whole burnt-offerings, as is written in the law of Moses, with gladness and with odes by the hand of David. 19 And [³stood ¹the ²gatekeepers] at the gates of the house of the lord, that there shall not enter [³unclean ¹in ²anything]. 20 And he took the patriarchs, and the mighty ones, and the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they conducted the king into the the house of the lord; and he entered through the inner gate into the house of the king. And they sat the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 21 And [⁶were glad ¹all ²the ³people ⁴of the ⁵land], and the city was still. And Athaliah they put to death by the sword.