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Chapter 23
And
in
the
seventh
year
Jehoiada
strengthened
himself,
and
took
the
captains
of
hundreds,
Azariah
the
son
of
Jeroham,
and
Ishmael
the
son
of
Jehohanan,
and
Azariah
the
son
of
Obed,
and
Maaseiah
the
son
of
Adaiah,
and
Elishaphat
the
son
of
Zichri,
into
covenant
with
him.
2
And
they
went
about
in
Judah,
and
gathered
the
Levites
out
of
all
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
the
chief
of
the
fathers
of
Israel,
and
they
came
to
Jerusalem.
3
And
all
the
congregation
made
a
covenant
with
the
king
in
the
house
of
God.
And
he
said
unto
them,
Behold,
the
king’s
son
shall
reign,
as
the
Lord
hath
said
of
the
sons
of
David.
4
This
is
the
thing
that
ye
shall
do;
A
third
part
of
you
entering
on
the
sabbath,
of
the
priests
and
of
the
Levites,
shall
be
porters
of
the
doors;
5
And
a
third
part
shall
be
at
the
king’s
house;
and
a
third
part
at
the
gate
of
the
foundation:
and
all
the
people
shall
be
in
the
courts
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
6
But
let
none
come
into
the
house
of
the
Lord,
save
the
priests,
and
they
that
minister
of
the
Levites;
they
shall
go
in,
for
they
are
holy:
but
all
the
people
shall
keep
the
watch
of
the
Lord.
7
And
the
Levites
shall
compass
the
king
round
about,
every
man
with
his
weapons
in
his
hand;
and
whosoever
else
cometh
into
the
house,
he
shall
be
put
to
death:
but
be
ye
with
the
king
when
he
cometh
in,
and
when
he
goeth
out.
8
So
the
Levites
and
all
Judah
did
according
to
all
things
that
Jehoiada
the
priest
had
commanded,
and
took
every
man
his
men
that
were
to
come
in
on
the
sabbath,
with
them
that
were
to
go
out
on
the
sabbath:
for
Jehoiada
the
priest
dismissed
not
the
courses.
9
Moreover
Jehoiada
the
priest
delivered
to
the
captains
of
hundreds
spears,
and
bucklers,
and
shields,
that
had
been
king
David’s,
which
were
in
the
house
of
God.
10
And
he
set
all
the
people,
every
man
having
his
weapon
in
his
hand,
from
the
right
side
of
the
temple
to
the
left
side
of
the
temple,
along
by
the
altar
and
the
temple,
by
the
king
round
about.
11
Then
they
brought
out
the
king’s
son,
and
put
upon
him
the
crown,
and
gave
him
the
testimony,
and
made
him
king.
And
Jehoiada
and
his
sons
anointed
him,
and
said,
God
save
the
king.
12
Now
when
Athaliah
heard
the
noise
of
the
people
running
and
praising
the
king,
she
came
to
the
people
into
the
house
of
the
Lord:
13
And
she
looked,
and,
behold,
the
king
stood
at
his
pillar
at
the
entering
in,
and
the
princes
and
the
trumpets
by
the
king:
and
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced,
and
sounded
with
trumpets,
also
the
singers
with
instruments
of
musick,
and
such
as
taught
to
sing
praise.
Then
Athaliah
rent
her
clothes,
and
said,
Treason,
Treason.
14
Then
Jehoiada
the
priest
brought
out
the
captains
of
hundreds
that
were
set
over
the
host,
and
said
unto
them,
Have
her
forth
of
the
ranges:
and
whoso
followeth
her,
let
him
be
slain
with
the
sword.
For
the
priest
said,
Slay
her
not
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
15
So
they
laid
hands
on
her;
and
when
she
was
come
to
the
entering
of
the
horse
gate
by
the
king’s
house,
they
slew
her
there.
16
And
Jehoiada
made
a
covenant
between
him,
and
between
all
the
people,
and
between
the
king,
that
they
should
be
the
Lord’s
people.
17
Then
all
the
people
went
to
the
house
of
Baal,
and
brake
it
down,
and
brake
his
altars
and
his
images
in
pieces,
and
slew
Mattan
the
priest
of
Baal
before
the
altars.
18
Also
Jehoiada
appointed
the
offices
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
by
the
hand
of
the
priests
the
Levites,
whom
David
had
distributed
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
to
offer
the
burnt
offerings
of
the
Lord,
as
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses,
with
rejoicing
and
with
singing,
as
it
was
ordained
by
David.
19
And
he
set
the
porters
at
the
gates
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
that
none
which
was
unclean
in
any
thing
should
enter
in.
20
And
he
took
the
captains
of
hundreds,
and
the
nobles,
and
the
governors
of
the
people,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land,
and
brought
down
the
king
from
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
they
came
through
the
high
gate
into
the
king’s
house,
and
set
the
king
upon
the
throne
of
the
kingdom.
21
And
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced:
and
the
city
was
quiet,
after
that
they
had
slain
Athaliah
with
the
sword.
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