<vn='1'>And in the <sn="7637">seventh</s><sn="8141">year</s><sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> strengthened <sn="2388">himself</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8269">captains</s> of <sn="3967">hundreds</s>, <sn="5838">Azariah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3395">Jeroham</s>, and <sn="3458">Ishmael</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3076">Jehohanan</s>, and <sn="5838">Azariah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5744">Obed</s>, and <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5718">Adaiah</s>, and <sn="478">Elishaphat</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2147">Zichri</s>, into <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="5973">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='2'>And they went <sn="5437">about</s> in <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="6908">gathered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and the <sn="7218">chief</s> of the <sn="1">fathers</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and they <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s><sn="3772">made</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s> shall <sn="4427">reign</s>, <sn="834">as</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1696">said</s><sn="5921">of</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><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 <sn="935">entering</s> on the <sn="7676">sabbath</s>, of the <sn="3548">priests</s> and of the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, shall be <sn="7778">porters</s> of the <sn="5592">doors</s>; </v>
<vn='5'>And a third <sn="7992">part</s> shall be at the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>; and a third <sn="7992">part</s> at the <sn="8179">gate</s> of the <sn="3247">foundation</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> shall be in the <sn="2691">courts</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>But let <sn="408">none</s><sn="935">come</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3588 518">save</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and they that <sn="8334">minister</s> of the <sn="3881">Levites</s>; <sn="1992">they</s> shall go <sn="935">in</s>, <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1992">they</s> are <sn="6944">holy</s>: but <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> shall <sn="8104">keep</s> the <sn="4931">watch</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And the <sn="3881">Levites</s> shall <sn="5362">compass</s><sn="*853"></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 whosoever else <sn="935">cometh</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="1004">house</s>, he shall be put to <sn="4191">death</s>: but <sn="1961">be</s> ye <sn="854">with</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> when he cometh <sn="935">in</s>, and when he goeth <sn="3318">out</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>So the <sn="3881">Levites</s> and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="6213">did</s> according to all <sn="3605">things</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s> had <sn="6680">commanded</s>, and <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 were to <sn="3318">go</s> out on the <sn="7676">sabbath</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="6362">dismissed</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4256">courses</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Moreover <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="5414">delivered</s> to the <sn="8269">captains</s> of <sn="3967">hundreds</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2595">spears</s>, and <sn="4043">bucklers</s>, and <sn="7982">shields</s>, <sn="834">that</s> had been <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1732">David</s> 's, <sn="834">which</s> were in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And he <sn="5975">set</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, every <sn="376">man</s> having his <sn="7973">weapon</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s>, from the <sn="3233">right</s><sn="4480 3802">side</s> of the <sn="1004">temple</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="8042">left</s><sn="3802">side</s> of the <sn="1004">temple</s>, along by the <sn="4196">altar</s> and the <sn="1004">temple</s>, <sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> round <sn="5439">about</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Then they brought <sn="3318">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s>, and <sn="5414">put</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5145">crown</s>, and gave him the <sn="5715">testimony</s>, and made him <sn="4427 *853">king</s>. And <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> and his <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="4886">anointed</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s>, God <sn="2421">save</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Now when <sn="6271">Athaliah</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">noise</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7323">running</s> and <sn="1984">praising</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, she <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: </v>
<vn='13'>And she <sn="7200">looked</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">at</s> his <sn="5982">pillar</s> at the entering <sn="3996">in</s>, and the <sn="8269">princes</s> and the <sn="2689">trumpets</s><sn="5921">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">sounded</s> with <sn="2689">trumpets</s>, also the <sn="7891">singers</s> with <sn="3627">instruments</s> of <sn="7892">music</s>, and such as <sn="3045">taught</s> to sing <sn="1984">praise</s>. Then <sn="6271">Athaliah</s><sn="7167">rent</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="899">clothes</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="7195">Treason</s>, <sn="7195">Treason</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Then <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s> brought <sn="3318">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8269">captains</s> of <sn="3967">hundreds</s> that were set <sn="6485">over</s> the <sn="2428">host</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, Have her <sn="3318">forth</s> of the <sn="413 4480 1004 7713">ranges</s>: and whoso <sn="935 310">followeth</s> her, let him be <sn="4191">slain</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>. <sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4191">Slay</s> her <sn="3808">not</s> in the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>So they <sn="7760">laid</s><sn="3027">hands</s> on her; and when she was <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3996">entering</s> of the <sn="5483">horse</s><sn="8179">gate</s> by the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, they <sn="4191">slew</s> her <sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s><sn="3772">made</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="996">between</s> him, and <sn="996">between</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="996">between</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, that they should <sn="1961">be</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Then <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> went <sn="935">to</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>, and broke it <sn="5422">down</s>, and broke his <sn="4196">altars</s> and his <sn="6754">images</s> in <sn="7665">pieces</s>, and <sn="2026">slew</s><sn="4977">Mattan</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4196">altars</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Also <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s><sn="7760">appointed</s> the <sn="6486">offices</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3548">priests</s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, <sn="834">whom</s><sn="1732">David</s> had <sn="2505">distributed</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to <sn="5927">offer</s> the burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, as it is <sn="3789">written</s> in the <sn="8451">law</s> of <sn="4872">Moses</s>, with <sn="8057">rejoicing</s> and with <sn="7892">singing</s>, as it was ordained <sn="5921 3027">by</s><sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And he <sn="5975">set</s> the <sn="7778">porters</s><sn="5921">at</s> the <sn="8179">gates</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that <sn="3808">none</s> which was <sn="2931">unclean</s> in <sn="3605">any</s><sn="1697">thing</s> should enter <sn="935">in</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8269">captains</s> of <sn="3967">hundreds</s>, and the <sn="117">nobles</s>, and the <sn="4910">governors</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, and 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 they <sn="935">came</s><sn="8432">through</s> the <sn="5945">high</s><sn="8179">gate</s> into the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="3427">set</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of the <sn="4467">kingdom</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>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 <sn="8252">quiet</s>, after that they had <sn="4191">slain</s><sn="6271">Athaliah</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>