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And in the seventh[H7637]year[H8141]Jehoiada[H3077]strengthened[H2388] himself, and took[H3947] the captains[H8269] of hundreds[H3967], Azariah[H5838] the son[H1121] of Jeroham[H3395], and Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Jehohanan[H3076], and Azariah[H5838] the son[H1121] of Obed[H5744], and Maaseiah[H4641] the son[H1121] of Adaiah[H5718], and Elishaphat[H478] the son[H1121] of Zichri[H2147], into covenant[H1285] with him.
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And they went about[H5437] in Judah[H3063], and gathered[H6908] the Levites[H3881] out of all the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], and the chief[H7218] of the fathers[H1] of Israel[H3478], and they came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389].
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And all the congregation[H6951]made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with the king[H4428] in the house[H1004] of God[H430]. And he said[H559] unto them, Behold, the king[H4428]'s son[H1121] shall reign[H4427], as the LORD[H3068] hath said[H1696] of the sons[H1121] of David[H1732].
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This is the thing[H1697] that ye shall do[H6213]; A third part[H7992] of you entering[H935] on the sabbath[H7676], of the priests[H3548] and of the Levites[H3881], shall be porters[H7778] of the doors[H5592];
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And a third part[H7992] shall be at the king's house[H1004]; and a third part[H7992] at the gate[H8179] of the foundation[H3247]: and all the people[H5971] shall be in the courts[H2691] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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But let none come[H935] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], save the priests[H3548], and they that minister[H8334] of the Levites[H3881]; they shall go in[H935], for they are holy[H6944]: but all the people[H5971] shall keep[H8104] the watch[H4931] of the LORD[H3068].
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And the Levites[H3881] shall compass[H5362] the king[H4428] round about[H5439], every man[H376] with his weapons[H3627]in[H935] his hand[H3027]; and whosoever else cometh[H935] into the house[H1004], he shall be put to death[H4191]: but be ye with the king[H4428] when he cometh[H935]in[H935], and when he goeth out[H3318].
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So the Levites[H3881] and all Judah[H3063]did[H6213] according to all things that Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548] had commanded[H6680], and took[H3947] every man[H376] his men[H582] that were to come in[H935] on the sabbath[H7676], with them that were to go[H3318] out on the sabbath[H7676]: for Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548]dismissed[H6358] not the courses[H4256].
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Moreover Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548]delivered[H5414] to the captains[H8269] of hundreds[H3967]spears[H2595], and bucklers[H4043], and shields[H7982], that had been king[H4428] David's, which were in the house[H1004] of God[H430].
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And he set[H5975] all the people[H5971], every man[H376] having his weapon[H7973] in his hand[H3027], from the right[H3233]side[H3802] of the temple[H1004] to the left[H8042]side[H3802] of the temple[H1004], along by the altar[H4196] and the temple[H1004], by the king[H4428] round about[H5439].
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Then they brought out[H3318] the king[H4427]'s son[H1121], and put[H5414] upon him the crown[H5145], and gave him the testimony[H5715], and made him king[H4428]. And Jehoiada[H3077] and his sons[H1121]anointed[H4886] him, and said[H559], God save[H2421] the king[H4428].
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Now when Athaliah[H6271]heard[H8085] the noise[H6963] of the people[H5971]running[H7323] and praising[H1984] the king[H4428], she came[H935] to the people[H5971] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]:
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And she looked[H7200], and, behold, the king[H4428]stood[H5975] at his pillar[H5982] at the entering in[H3996], and the princes[H8269] and the trumpets[H2689] by the king[H4428]: and all the people[H5971] of the land[H776]rejoiced[H8056], and sounded[H8628] with trumpets[H2689], also the singers[H7891] with instruments[H3627] of musick[H7892], and such as taught[H3045] to sing praise[H1984]. Then Athaliah[H6271]rent[H7167] her clothes[H899], and said[H559], Treason[H7195], Treason[H7195].
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Then Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548] brought out[H3318] the captains[H8269] of hundreds[H3967] that were set over[H6485] the host[H2428], and said[H559] unto them, Have her forth[H3318] of the ranges[H1004]: and whoso followeth[H935] her, let him be slain[H4191] with the sword[H2719]. For the priest[H3548]said[H559], Slay[H4191] her not in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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So they laid[H7760]hands[H3027] on her; and when she was come[H935] to the entering[H3996] of the horse[H5483]gate[H8179] by the king's house[H1004], they slew[H4191] her there.
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And Jehoiada[H3077]made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] between him, and between all the people[H5971], and between the king[H4428], that they should be the LORD'S people[H5971].
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Then all the people[H5971]went[H935] to the house[H1004] of Baal[H1168], and brake[H7665] it down[H5422], and brake[H7665] his altars[H4196] and his images[H6754] in pieces[H7665], and slew[H2026]Mattan[H4977] the priest[H3548] of Baal[H1168]before[H6440] the altars[H4196].
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Also Jehoiada[H3077]appointed[H7760] the offices[H6486] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]by[H3027] the hand[H3027] of the priests[H3548] the Levites[H3881], whom David[H1732] had distributed[H2505] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], to offer[H5927] the burnt offerings[H5930] of the LORD[H3068], as it is written[H3789] in the law[H8451] of Moses[H4872], with rejoicing[H8057] and with singing[H7892], as it was ordained by[H3027]David[H1732].
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And he set[H5975] the porters[H7778] at the gates[H8179] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], that none which was unclean[H2931]in[H935] any thing[H1697] should enter in[H935].
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And he took[H3947] the captains[H8269] of hundreds[H3967], and the nobles[H117], and the governors[H4910] of the people[H5971], and all the people[H5971] of the land[H776], and brought down[H3381] the king[H4428] from the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]: and they came[H935]through[H8432] the high[H5945]gate[H8179] into the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], and set[H3427] the king[H4428] upon the throne[H3678] of the kingdom[H4467].
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And all the people[H5971] of the land[H776]rejoiced[H8055]: and the city[H5892] was quiet[H8252], after that they had slain[H4191]Athaliah[H6271] with the sword[H2719].