2Chronicles:23

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* And in the eighth year Jodae strengthened himself , and took the captains of hundreds , Azarias the son of Joram , and Ismael the son of Joanan , and Azarias the son of Obed , and Maasaeas the son of Adia , and Elisaphan the son of Zacharias , with him unto the house of the Lord . * And they went round about Juda , and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Juda , and heads of the families of Israel , and they came to Jerusalem . * and all the congregation of Juda made a covenant with the king in the house of God . And he shewed them the king ’s son , and said to them , Lo , let the king ’s son reign , as the Lord said concerning the house of David . * Now this is the (note :)Gr . word (:note ) thing which ye shall do . Let a third part of you , even of the priests and of the Levites , enter in on the sabbath , even into the gates of the entrances ; * and let a third part be in the house of the king ; and (note :)Gr . the third (:note ) another third at the middle gate : and all the people in the courts of the Lord ’s house . * And let not any one enter into the house of the Lord , except the priests and the Levites , and the servants of the Levites ; they shall enter in , because they are holy : and let all the people keep the watch of the Lord . * And the Levites shall compass the king round about , every man ’s weapon in his hand ; and whoever else goes into the house shall die : but they shall be with the king when he goes out , and when he comes in . * And the Levites and all Juda did according to all that the priest Jodae commanded them , and they took each his men from the beginning of the sabbath to the end of the sabbath , for Jodae the priest did not dismiss the courses . * And Jodae gave to the men the swords , and the shields , and the arms , which had belonged to King David , in the house of God . * And he set the whole people , every man with his arms , from the right side of the house to the left side of the altar and the house , over against the king round about . * And he brought out the king ’s son , and put on him the crown and the testimony , and Jodae the priest and his sons proclaimed him king , and anointed him , and said , Long live the king ! * And Gotholia heard the sound of the people running , and acknowledging and praising the king : and she went in to the king into the house of the Lord . * And she looked , and , behold , the king stood (note :)Gr . upon his standing (:note ) in his place , and the princes and trumpets were at the entrance , and the princes were round the king : and all the people of the land rejoiced , and sounded the trumpets , and there were the singers singing with instruments , and Gr . hymning praise singing hymns of praise . and Gotholia rent her robe , and cried , ye surely are plotting against me . * And Jodae the priest went forth , and Jodae the priest charged the captains of hundreds , even the captains of the host , and said to them , Thrust her forth outside the house , and follow her , and let her be slain with the sword . For the priest said , Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord . * So they let her go out ; and she went through the horsemen ’s gate of the house of the king , and they slew her there . * And Jodae made a covenant between himself , and the people , and the king , that the people should be the Lord ’s . * And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal , and tore down it and its altars , and they ground his images to powder , and they slew Matthan the priest of Baal before his altars . * And Jodae the priest committed the works of the house of the Lord into the and of the priests and Levites , and he re-established the courses of the priests and Levites which David appointed over the house of the Lord , and he appointed them to offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord , as it is written in the law of Moses , with gladness , and with songs by the hand of David . * And the porters stood at the gates of the house of the Lord , that no one unclean in any respect (note :)Gr . shall (:note ) should enter in . * And he took the heads of families , and the mighty men , and the chiefs of the people , and all the people of the land , and they conducted the king into the house of the Lord ; and he went through the inner gate into the king ’s house , and they seated the king on the throne of the kingdom . * And all the people of the land rejoiced ; and the city was quiet : and they slew Gotholia . (note :)Hebrews . and Alex . +with the sword (:note )

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