<vn='1'>And when <sn="6271">Athaliah</s> the <sn="517">mother</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> her <sn="1121">son</s> was <sn="4191">dead</s>, she <sn="6965">arose</s> and <sn="6">destroyed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2233">seed</s><sn="4467">royal</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>But <sn="3089">Jehosheba</s>, the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3141">Joram</s>, <sn="269">sister</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s>, <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3101">Joash</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s>, and <sn="1589">stole</s> him from <sn="4480 8432">among</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1121">sons</s> which were <sn="4191">slain</s>; and they <sn="5641">hid</s> him, even him and his <sn="3243">nurse</s>, in the <sn="2315 4296">bedchamber</s><sn="4480 6440">from</s><sn="6271">Athaliah</s>, so that he was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">slain</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And he <sn="1961">was</s> with <sn="854">her</s><sn="2244">hid</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="8337">six</s><sn="8141">years</s>. And <sn="6271">Athaliah</s> did <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="7637">seventh</s><sn="8141">year</s><sn="3077">Jehoiada</s><sn="7971">sent</s> and <sn="3947">fetched</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8269">rulers</s> over <sn="3967">hundreds</s>, with the <sn="3746">captains</s> and the <sn="7323">guard</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> them <sn="413">to</s> him into the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="3772">made</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s> with them, and took an <sn="7650">oath</s> of them in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="7200">showed</s> them <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And he <sn="6680">commanded</s> them, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2088">This</s> is the <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="834">that</s> ye shall <sn="6213">do</s>; A third <sn="7992">part</s><sn="4480">of</s> you that <sn="935">enter</s> in on the <sn="7676">sabbath</s> shall even be <sn="8104">keepers</s> of the <sn="4931">watch</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>; </v>
<vn='6'>And a third <sn="7992">part</s> shall be at the <sn="8179">gate</s> of <sn="5495">Sur</s>; and a third <sn="7992">part</s> at the <sn="8179">gate</s><sn="310">behind</s> the <sn="7323">guard</s>: so shall ye <sn="8104">keep</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4931">watch</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s>, that it be not broken <sn="4535">down</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="8147">two</s><sn="3027">parts</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> you that go <sn="3318">forth</s> on the <sn="7676">sabbath</s>, even they shall <sn="8104">keep</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4931">watch</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">about</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And ye shall <sn="5362 5921">compass</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> round <sn="5439">about</s>, every <sn="376">man</s> with his <sn="3627">weapons</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s>: and he that <sn="935">cometh</s><sn="413">within</s> the <sn="7713">ranges</s>, let him be <sn="4191">slain</s>: and <sn="1961">be</s> ye <sn="854">with</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> as he goeth <sn="3318">out</s> and as he cometh <sn="935">in</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And the <sn="8269">captains</s> over the <sn="3967">hundreds</s><sn="6213">did</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s> things <sn="834">that</s><sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="6680">commanded</s>: and they <sn="3947">took</s> every <sn="376">man</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="376">men</s> that were to come <sn="935">in</s> on the <sn="7676">sabbath</s>, <sn="5973">with</s> them that should go <sn="3318">out</s> on the <sn="7676">sabbath</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And to the <sn="8269">captains</s> over <sn="3967">hundreds</s> did the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="5414">give</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="2595">spears</s> and <sn="7982">shields</s>, <sn="834">that</s> were in the <sn="1004">temple</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="7323">guard</s><sn="5975">stood</s>, every <sn="376">man</s> with his <sn="3627">weapons</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s>, round <sn="5439 5921">about</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, from the right <sn="4480 3802 3233">corner</s> of the <sn="1004">temple</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="8042">left</s><sn="3802">corner</s> of the <sn="1004">temple</s>, along by the <sn="4196">altar</s> and the <sn="1004">temple</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And he brought <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s>, and <sn="5414">put</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5145">crown</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him, and gave him the <sn="5715">testimony</s>; and they made him <sn="4427 *853">king</s>, and <sn="4886">anointed</s> him; and they <sn="5221">clapped</s> their <sn="3709">hands</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, God <sn="2421">save</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And when <sn="6271">Athaliah</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">noise</s> of the <sn="7323">guard</s> and of the <sn="5971">people</s>, she <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> into the <sn="1004">temple</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And when she <sn="7200">looked</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">by</s> a <sn="5982">pillar</s>, as the <sn="4941">manner</s> was, and the <sn="8269">princes</s> and the <sn="2689">trumpeters</s><sn="413">by</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s><sn="8056">rejoiced</s>, and <sn="8628">blew</s> with <sn="2689">trumpets</s>: and <sn="6271">Athaliah</s><sn="7167">rent</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="899">clothes</s>, and <sn="7121">cried</s>, <sn="7195">Treason</s>, <sn="7195">Treason</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>But <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8269">captains</s> of the <sn="3967">hundreds</s>, the <sn="6485">officers</s> of the <sn="2428">host</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, Have her <sn="3318 *853">forth</s><sn="413 4480 1004">without</s> the <sn="7713">ranges</s>: and him that <sn="935 310">followeth</s> her <sn="4191">kill</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>. <sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s> had <sn="559">said</s>, Let her <sn="408">not</s> be <sn="4191">slain</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And they <sn="7760">laid</s><sn="3027">hands</s> on her; and she <sn="935">went</s> by the <sn="1870">way</s> by the which the <sn="5483">horses</s><sn="3996">came</s> into the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>: and <sn="8033">there</s> was she <sn="4191">slain</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s><sn="3772">made</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="996">between</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> and the <sn="4428">king</s> and the <sn="5971">people</s>, that they should <sn="1961">be</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="5971">people</s>; <sn="996">between</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> also and the <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s><sn="935">went</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>, and broke it <sn="5422">down</s>; his <sn="4196">altars</s> and his <sn="6754">images</s> broke they in <sn="7665">pieces</s><sn="3190">thoroughly</s>, and <sn="2026">slew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4977">Mattan</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4196">altars</s>. And the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="7760">appointed</s><sn="6486">officers</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8269">rulers</s> over <sn="3967">hundreds</s>, and the <sn="3746">captains</s>, and the <sn="7323">guard</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>; and they brought <sn="3381">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> from the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> by the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s> of the <sn="7323">guard</s> to the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>. And he <sn="3427">sat</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s><sn="8055">rejoiced</s>, and the <sn="5892">city</s> was in <sn="8252">quiet</s>: and they <sn="4191">slew</s><sn="6271">Athaliah</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s> beside the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="7651">Seven</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> was <sn="3060">Jehoash</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>. </v>