2Chronicles:22-23
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And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead :
for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest .
So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned .
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Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign ,
and he reigned one year in Jerusalem .
His mother '
s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri .
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He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab :
for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly .
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Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab :
for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction .
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He walked also after their counsel ,
and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead :
and the Syrians smote Joram .
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And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah ,
when he fought with Hazael king of Syria .
And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel ,
because he was sick .
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And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram :
for when he was come ,
he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi ,
whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab .
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And it came to pass ,
that ,
when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab ,
and found the princes of Judah ,
and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah ,
that ministered to Ahaziah ,
he slew them .
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And he sought Ahaziah :
and they caught him , (
for he was hid in Samaria ,)
and brought him to Jehu :
and when they had slain him ,
they buried him :
Because ,
said they ,
he is the son of Jehoshaphat ,
who sought the LORD with all his heart .
So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom .
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But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead ,
she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah .
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But Jehoshabeath ,
the daughter of the king ,
took Joash the son of Ahaziah ,
and stole him from among the king '
s sons that were slain ,
and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber .
So Jehoshabeath ,
the daughter of king Jehoram ,
the wife of Jehoiada the priest , (
for she was the sister of Ahaziah ,)
hid him from Athaliah ,
so that she slew him not .
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And he was with them hid in the house of God six years :
and Athaliah reigned over the land .
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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 musick ,
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 .
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Joash was seven years old when he began to reign ,
and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem .
His mother '
s name also was Zibiah of Beersheba .