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Rh about the king. And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain; and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.'

And the captains over hundreds 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 those that were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spear and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of the. And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. Then he brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown and the insignia; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said: 'Long live the king.'

And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the house of the. And she looked, and, behold, the king stood on the platform, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried: 'Treason, treason.' And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them: 'Have her forth between the ranks; and him that followeth her slay with the sword'; for the priest said: 'Let her not be slain in the house of the .' So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house; and there was she slain.

And Jehoiada made a covenant between the and the king and the people, that they should be the  people; between the king also and the people. And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the. And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet; and they slew Athaliah with the sword at the king's house.

Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign. In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of the all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered in the high places.

And Jehoash said to the priests: 'All the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the house of the, in current money, the money of the persons for whom each man is rated, all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into