23:1 But
in
the
seventh
year
Jehoiada
took
courage
and
entered
into
a
covenant
with
the
commanders
of
hundreds,
Azariah
the
son
of
Jeroham,
Ishmael
the
son
of
Jehohanan,
Azariah
the
son
of
Obed,
Maaseiah
the
son
of
Adaiah,
and
Elishaphat
the
son
of
Zichri.
23:2 And
they
went
about
through
Judah
and
gathered
the
Levites
from
all
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
the
heads
of
fathers'
houses
of
Israel,
and
they
came
to
Jerusalem.
23:3 And
all
the
assembly
made
a
covenant
with
the
king
in
the
house
of
God.
And
Jehoiada
said
to
them,
"Behold,
the
king's
son!
Let
him
reign,
as
the
LORD
spoke
concerning
the
sons
of
David.
23:4 This
is
the
thing
that
you
shall
do:
of
you
priests
and
Levites
who
come
off
duty
on
the
Sabbath,
one
third
shall
be
gatekeepers,
23:5 and
one
third
shall
be
at
the
king's
house
and
one
third
at
the
Gate
of
the
Foundation.
And
all
the
people
shall
be
in
the
courts
of
the
house
of
the
LORD.
23:6 Let
no
one
enter
the
house
of
the
LORD
except
the
priests
and
ministering
Levites.
They
may
enter,
for
they
are
holy,
but
all
the
people
shall
keep
the
charge
of
the
LORD.
23:7 The
Levites
shall
surround
the
king,
each
with
his
weapons
in
his
hand.
And
whoever
enters
the
house
shall
be
put
to
death.
Be
with
the
king
when
he
comes
in
and
when
he
goes
out."
23:8 The
Levites
and
all
Judah
did
according
to
all
that
Jehoiada
the
priest
commanded,
and
they
each
brought
his
men,
who
were
to
go
off
duty
on
the
Sabbath,
with
those
who
were
to
come
on
duty
on
the
Sabbath,
for
Jehoiada
the
priest
did
not
dismiss
the
divisions.
23:9 And
Jehoiada
the
priest
gave
to
the
captains
the
spears
and
the
large
and
small
shields
that
had
been
King
David's,
which
were
in
the
house
of
God.
23:10 And
he
set
all
the
people
as
a
guard
for
the
king,
every
man
with
his
weapon
in
his
hand,
from
the
south
side
of
the
house
to
the
north
side
of
the
house,
around
the
altar
and
the
house.
23:11 Then
they
brought
out
the
king's
son
and
put
the
crown
on
him
and
gave
him
the
testimony.
And
they
proclaimed
him
king,
and
Jehoiada
and
his
sons
anointed
him,
and
they
said,
"Long
live
the
king."
23:12 When
Athaliah
heard
the
noise
of
the
people
running
and
praising
the
king,
she
went
into
the
house
of
the
LORD
to
the
people.
23:13 And
when
she
looked,
there
was
the
king
standing
by
his
pillar
at
the
entrance,
and
the
captains
and
the
trumpeters
beside
the
king,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoicing
and
blowing
trumpets,
and
the
singers
with
their
musical
instruments
leading
in
the
celebration.
And
Athaliah
tore
her
clothes
and
cried,
"Treason!
Treason!"
23:14 Then
Jehoiada
the
priest
brought
out
the
captains
who
were
set
over
the
army,
saying
to
them,
"Bring
her
out
between
the
ranks,
and
anyone
who
follows
her
is
to
be
put
to
death
with
the
sword."
For
the
priest
said,
"Do
not
put
her
to
death
in
the
house
of
the
LORD."
23:15 So
they
laid
hands
on
her,
and
she
went
into
the
entrance
of
the
horse
gate
of
the
king's
house,
and
they
put
her
to
death
there.
23:16 And
Jehoiada
made
a
covenant
between
himself
and
all
the
people
and
the
king
that
they
should
be
the
LORD's
people.
23:17 Then
all
the
people
went
to
the
house
of
Baal
and
tore
it
down;
his
altars
and
his
images
they
broke
in
pieces,
and
they
killed
Mattan
the
priest
of
Baal
before
the
altars.
23:18 And
Jehoiada
posted
watchmen
for
the
house
of
the
LORD
under
the
direction
of
the
Levitical
priests
and
the
Levites
whom
David
had
organized
to
be
in
charge
of
the
house
of
the
LORD,
to
offer
burnt
offerings
to
the
LORD,
as
it
is
written
in
the
Law
of
Moses,
with
rejoicing
and
with
singing,
according
to
the
order
of
David.
23:19 He
stationed
the
gatekeepers
at
the
gates
of
the
house
of
the
LORD
so
that
no
one
should
enter
who
was
in
any
way
unclean.
23:20 And
he
took
the
captains,
the
nobles,
the
governors
of
the
people,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land,
and
they
brought
the
king
down
from
the
house
of
the
LORD,
marching
through
the
upper
gate
to
the
king's
house.
And
they
set
the
king
on
the
royal
throne.
23:21 So
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced,
and
the
city
was
quiet
after
Athaliah
had
been
put
to
death
with
the
sword.