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Chapter 23
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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; |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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: |
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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 music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah
rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between
all the people, and between the king, that they should
be the LORD's people. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city
was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the
sword. |
