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And when Athaliah[H6271] the mother[H517] of Ahaziah[H274]saw[H7200] that her son[H1121] was dead[H4191], she arose[H6965] and destroyed[H6] all the seed[H2233]royal[H4467].
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But Jehosheba[H3089], the daughter[H1323] of king[H4428]Joram[H3141], sister[H269] of Ahaziah[H274], took[H3947]Joash[H3101] the son[H1121] of Ahaziah[H274], and stole[H1589] him from[H6440]among[H8432] the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121] which were slain[H4191]; and they hid[H5641] him, even him and his nurse[H3243], in the bedchamber[H2315]from[H6440]Athaliah[H6271], so that he was not slain[H4191].
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And he was with her hid[H2244] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]six[H8337]years[H8141]. And Athaliah[H6271] did reign[H4427] over the land[H776].
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And the seventh[H7637]year[H8141]Jehoiada[H3077]sent[H7971] and fetched[H3947] the rulers[H8269] over hundreds[H3967], with the captains[H3746] and the guard[H7323], and brought[H935] them to him into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with them, and took an oath[H7650] of them in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and shewed[H7200] them the king's son[H1121].
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And he commanded[H6680] them, saying[H559], This is the thing[H1697] that ye shall do[H6213]; A third part[H7992] of you that enter in[H935] on the sabbath[H7676] shall even be keepers[H8104] of the watch[H4931] of the king's house[H1004];
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And a third part[H7992] shall be at the gate[H8179] of Sur[H5495]; and a third part[H7992] at the gate[H8179]behind[H310] the guard[H7323]: so shall ye keep[H8104] the watch[H4931] of the house[H1004], that it be not broken down[H4535].
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And two[H8147]parts[H3027] of all you that go forth[H3318] on the sabbath[H7676], even they shall keep[H8104] the watch[H4931] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]about[H413] the king[H4428].
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And ye shall compass[H5362] the king[H4428] round about[H5439], every man[H376] with his weapons[H3627]in[H935] his hand[H3027]: and he that cometh[H935] within the ranges[H7713], let him be slain[H4191]: and be ye with the king[H4428] as he goeth out[H3318] and as he cometh[H935]in[H935].
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And the captains[H8269] over the hundreds[H3967]did[H6213] according to all things that Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548]commanded[H6680]: and they took[H3947] every man[H376] his men[H582] that were to come in[H935] on the sabbath[H7676], with them that should go out[H3318] on the sabbath[H7676], and came[H935] to Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548].
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And to the captains[H8269] over hundreds[H3967] did the priest[H3548]give[H5414]king[H4428] David's spears[H2595] and shields[H7982], that were in the temple[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And the guard[H7323]stood[H5975], every man[H376] with his weapons[H3627] in his hand[H3027], round about[H5439] the king[H4428], from the right[H3233]corner[H3802] of the temple[H1004] to the left[H8042]corner[H3802] of the temple[H1004], along by the altar[H4196] and the temple[H1004].
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And he brought forth[H3318] the king[H4427]'s son[H1121], and put[H5414] the crown[H5145] upon him, and gave him the testimony[H5715]; and they made him king[H4428], and anointed[H4886] him; and they clapped[H5221] their hands[H3709], and said[H559], God save[H2421] the king[H4428].
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And when Athaliah[H6271]heard[H8085] the noise[H6963] of the guard[H7323] and of the people[H5971], she came[H935] to the people[H5971] into the temple[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And when she looked[H7200], behold, the king[H4428]stood[H5975] by a pillar[H5982], as the manner[H4941] was, and the princes[H8269] and the trumpeters[H2689] by the king[H4428], and all the people[H5971] of the land[H776]rejoiced[H8056], and blew[H8628] with trumpets[H2689]: and Athaliah[H6271]rent[H7167] her clothes[H899], and cried[H7121], Treason[H7195], Treason[H7195].
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But Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548]commanded[H6680] the captains[H8269] of the hundreds[H3967], the officers[H6485] of the host[H2428], and said[H559] unto them, Have her forth[H3318]without[H1004] the ranges[H7713]: and him that followeth[H935] her kill[H4191] with the sword[H2719]. For the priest[H3548] had said[H559], Let her not be slain[H4191] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And they laid[H7760]hands[H3027] on her; and she went[H935] by the way[H1870] by the which the horses[H5483]came[H3996] into the king's house[H1004]: and there was she slain[H4191].
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And Jehoiada[H3077]made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] between the LORD[H3068] and the king[H4428] and the people[H5971], that they should be the LORD[H3068]'S people[H5971]; between the king[H4428] also and the people[H5971].
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And all the people[H5971] of the land[H776]went[H935] into the house[H1004] of Baal[H1168], and brake it down[H5422]; his altars[H4196] and his images[H6754] brake they in pieces[H7665]thoroughly[H3190], and slew[H2026]Mattan[H4977] the priest[H3548] of Baal[H1168]before[H6440] the altars[H4196]. And the priest[H3548]appointed[H7760]officers[H6485] over the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And he took[H3947] the rulers[H8269] over hundreds[H3967], and the captains[H3746], and the guard[H7323], and all the people[H5971] of the land[H776]; and they brought down[H3381] the king[H4428] from the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and came[H935] by the way[H1870] of the gate[H8179] of the guard[H7323] to the king[H4428]'s house[H1004]. And he sat[H3427] on the throne[H3678] of the kings[H4428].
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And all the people[H5971] of the land[H776]rejoiced[H8055], and the city[H5892] was in quiet[H8252]: and they slew[H4191]Athaliah[H6271] with the sword[H2719] beside the king's house[H1004].
21Seven[H7651]years[H8141]old[H1121] was Jehoash[H3060] when he began to reign[H4427].