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And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead ,
she arose and destroyed all the seed royal .
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But Jehosheba ,
the daughter of king Joram ,
sister of Ahaziah ,
took Joash the son of Ahaziah ,
and stole him from among the king '
s sons which were slain ;
and they hid him ,
even him and his nurse ,
in the bedchamber from Athaliah ,
so that he was not slain .
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And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years .
And Athaliah did reign over the land .
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And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds ,
with the captains and the guard ,
and brought them to him into the house of the LORD ,
and made a covenant with them ,
and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD ,
and shewed them the king '
s son .
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And he commanded them ,
saying ,
This is the thing that ye shall do ;
A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king '
s house ;
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And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur ;
and a third part at the gate behind the guard :
so shall ye keep the watch of the house ,
that it be not broken down .
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And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath ,
even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king .
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And ye shall compass the king round about ,
every man with his weapons in his hand :
and he that cometh within the ranges ,
let him be slain :
and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in .
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And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded :
and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath ,
with them that should go out on the sabbath ,
and came to Jehoiada the priest .
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And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David '
s spears and shields ,
that were in the temple of the LORD .
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And the guard stood ,
every man with his weapons in his hand ,
round about the king ,
from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple ,
along by the altar and the temple .
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And he brought forth the king '
s son ,
and put the crown upon him ,
and gave him the testimony ;
and they made him king ,
and anointed him ;
and they clapped their hands ,
and said ,
God save the king .
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And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people ,
she came to the people into the temple of the LORD .
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And when she looked ,
behold ,
the king stood by a pillar ,
as the manner was ,
and the princes and the trumpeters by the king ,
and all the people of the land rejoiced ,
and blew with trumpets :
and Athaliah rent her clothes ,
and cried ,
Treason ,
Treason .
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But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds ,
the officers of the host ,
and said unto them ,
Have her forth without the ranges :
and him that followeth her kill with the sword .
For the priest had said ,
Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD .
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And they laid hands on her ;
and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king '
s house :
and there was she slain .
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And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people ,
that they should be the LORD '
S people ;
between the king also and the people .
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And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal ,
and brake it down ;
his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly ,
and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars .
And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD .
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And he took the rulers over hundreds ,
and the captains ,
and the guard ,
and all the people of the land ;
and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD ,
and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king '
s house .
And he sat on the throne of the kings .
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And all the people of the land rejoiced ,
and the city was in quiet :
and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king '
s house .
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Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign .