2Chronicles:23

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* And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself , and took the captains of the 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 . * And they went about in Judah and gathered together the Levites out of all the cities of Judah , and the chief fathers of Israel ; and they came to Jerusalem . * And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God . And he said to them , Behold , the king 's son shall reign , as Jehovah has said of the sons of David . * This is the thing which ye shall do : a third part of you that come in on the sabbath , of the priests and of the Levites , shall be keepers of the doors ; * 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 Jehovah . * But let none come into the house of Jehovah except the priests and those of the Levites that do the service ; they shall go in , for they are holy ; but all the people shall keep the watch of Jehovah . * And the Levites shall encompass the king round about , every man with his weapons in his hand ; and he that comes into the house shall be put to death ; and ye shall be with the king when he comes in and when he goes out . * And the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded ; and they took every man his men , those that were to come in on the sabbath , with them that were to go forth on the sabbath ; for Jehoiada the priest did not liberate the divisions . * And Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains of the hundreds king David 's spears and shields and targets , which were in the house of God . * And he set all the people , every man with his javelin in his hand , from the right side of the house to the left side of the house , toward the altar and the house , by the king round about . * And they brought forth the king 's son , and put the crown upon him , and [gave him ] the testimony , and made him king . And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him , and said , Long live the king ! * And Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king , and she came to the people into the house of Jehovah . * And she looked , and behold , the king stood on his dais at the entrance , and the princes and the trumpets were by the king ; and all the people of the land rejoiced , and blew with trumpets ; and the singers [were there ] with the instruments of music , and such as taught to sing praise . And Athaliah rent her garments , and said , Conspiracy ! Conspiracy ! * And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of the hundreds that were set over the host , and said to them , Lead her forth without the ranks ; and whosoever follows her , let him be slain with the sword ; for the priest said , Ye shall not put her to death in the house of Jehovah . * And they made way for her , and she went through the entrance of the horse-gate into the king 's house , and they put her to death there . * And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king , that they should be the people of Jehovah . * And all the people went into the house of Baal , and broke it down ; and they broke his altars and his images in pieces , and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars . * And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests , the Levites , whom David had set by classes over the house of Jehovah to offer up Jehovah 's burnt-offerings , as it is written in the law of Moses , -- with rejoicing and with singing according to the directions of David . * And he set the doorkeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah , that no one unclean in anything should enter in . * And he took the captains of the 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 Jehovah ; and they came through the upper gate into the king 's house , and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom . * And all the people of the land rejoiced , and the city was quiet ; and they had slain Athaliah with the sword .

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