2Chronicles:23

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web @2Chronicles:23:1 @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 . web @2Chronicles:23:2 @They went about in Judah , and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah , and the heads of fathers ' households of Israel , and they came to Jerusalem . web @2Chronicles:23:3 @All the assembly made a covenant with the king in God 's house . He said to them , "Behold , the king 's son shall reign , as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David . web @2Chronicles:23:4 @This is the thing that you shall do . A third part of you , who come in on the Sabbath , of the priests and of the Levites , shall be porters of the thresholds . web @2Chronicles:23:5 @A third part shall be at the king 's house ; and a third part at the gate of the foundation . All the people shall be in the courts of Yahweh 's house . web @2Chronicles:23:6 @But let no one come into the house of Yahweh , except the priests , and those who minister of the Levites . They shall come in , for they are holy , but all the people shall follow Yahweh 's instructions . web @2Chronicles:23:7 @The Levites shall surround the king , every man with his weapons in his hand . Whoever comes into the house , let him be slain . Be with the king when he comes in , and when he goes out ." web @2Chronicles:23:8 @So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded : and they took every man his men , those who were to come in on the Sabbath ; with those who were to go out on the Sabbath ; for Jehoiada the priest didn 't dismiss the shift . web @2Chronicles:23:9 @Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears , and bucklers , and shields , that had been king David 's , which were in God 's house . web @2Chronicles:23:10 @He set all the people , every man with his weapon in his hand , from the right side of the house to the left side of the house , along by the altar and the house , around the king . web @2Chronicles:23:11 @Then they brought out the king 's son , and put the crown on him , and gave him the testimony , and made him king : and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him ; and they said , "Long live the king !" web @2Chronicles:23:12 @When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king , she came to the people into the house of Yahweh : web @2Chronicles:23:13 @and she looked , and , behold , the king stood by his pillar at the entrance , and the captains and the trumpets by the king ; and all the people of the land rejoiced , and blew trumpets ; the singers also played musical instruments , and led the singing of praise . Then Athaliah tore her clothes , and said , "Treason ! treason !" web @2Chronicles:23:14 @Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over the army , and said to them , "Bring her out between the ranks ; and whoever follows her , let him be slain with the sword ." For the priest said , "Don 't kill her in the Yahweh 's house ." web @2Chronicles:23:15 @So they made way for her . She went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king 's house ; and they killed her there . web @2Chronicles:23:16 @Jehoiada made a covenant between himself , and all the people , and the king , that they should be Yahweh 's people . web @2Chronicles:23:17 @All the people went to the house of Baal , and broke it down , and broke his altars and his images in pieces , and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars . web @2Chronicles:23:18 @Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Yahweh under the hand of the priests the Levites , whom David had distributed in the house of Yahweh , to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh , as it is written in the law of Moses , with rejoicing and with singing , according to the order of David . web @2Chronicles:23:19 @He set the porters at the gates of the house of Yahweh , that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in . web @2Chronicles:23:20 @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 Yahweh : and they came through the upper gate to the king 's house , and set the king on the throne of the kingdom . web @2Chronicles:23:21 @So all the people of the land rejoiced , and the city was quiet . Athaliah they had slain with the sword .

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