2 Chronicles 23

1And in the seventhH7637 yearH8141 JehoiadaH3077 strengthenedH2388 himself, and tookH3947 the captains of hundredsH3967, AzariahH5838 the sonH1121 of JerohamH3395, and IshmaelH3458 the sonH1121 of JehohananH3076, and AzariahH5838 the sonH1121 of ObedH5744, and MaaseiahH4641 the sonH1121 of AdaiahH5718, and Elishaphat the sonH1121 of Zichri, into covenantH1285 with him. 2And they wentH935 about in JudahH3063, and gatheredH6908 the LevitesH3881 out of all the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063, and the headsH7218 of fathers’H1housesof IsraelH3478, and they cameH935 to JerusalemH3389. 3And all the assemblyH6951 madeH3772 a covenantH1285 with the kingH4428 in the houseH1004 of GodH430. And he saidH559 unto them, Behold, the king’sH4428 sonH1121 shall reignH4427, as Jehovah hath spokenH1696 concerning the sonsH1121 of DavidH1732. 4This is the thingH1697 that ye shall do: a thirdH7992 part of you, that comeH935 in on the sabbathH7676, of the priestsH3548 and of the LevitesH3881, shall be porters of the thresholdsH5592; 5and a thirdH7992 partH7992 shall be at the king’sH4428 houseH1004; and a thirdH7992 partH7992 at the gateH8179 of the foundationH3247: and all the peopleH5971 shall be in the courts of the houseH1004 of Jehovah. 6But let none comeH935 into the houseH1004 of Jehovah, save the priestsH3548, and they that minister of the LevitesH3881; they shall comeH935 in, for they are holyH6944: but all the peopleH5971 shall keepH8104 the chargeH4931 of Jehovah. 7And the LevitesH3881 shall compass the kingH4428 roundH5439 about, every manH376 with his weaponsH3627 in his handH3027; and whosoever cometh into the houseH1004, let him beH1961 slain: and beH1961 ye with the kingH4428 when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

8So the LevitesH3881 and all JudahH3063 did according to all that JehoiadaH3077 the priestH3548 commandedH6680: and they tookH3947 every manH376 his menH376, those that were to comeH935 in on the sabbathH7676, with those that were to goH3318 out on the sabbathH7676; for JehoiadaH3077 the priestH3548 dismissed not the courses. 9And JehoiadaH3077 the priestH3548 delivered to the captains of hundredsH3967 the spearsH2595, and bucklers, and shieldsH4043, that had been kingH4428 David’s, which were in the houseH1004 of GodH430. 10And he setH5975 all the peopleH5971, every manH376 with his weaponH7973 in his handH3027, from the rightH3233 sideH3802 of the houseH1004 to the left sideH3802 of the houseH1004, along by the altarH4196 and the houseH1004, by the kingH4428 roundH5439 about. 11Then they broughtH3318 out the king’sH4428 sonH1121, and putH5414 the crownH5145 upon him, and gaveH5414 him the testimonyH5715, and madeH5414 him kingH4428: and JehoiadaH3077 and his sonsH1121 anointedH4886 him; and they saidH559, Long liveH2421 the kingH4428.

12And when AthaliahH6271 heardH8085 the noise of the peopleH5971 runningH7323 and praisingH1984 the kingH4428, she cameH935 to the peopleH5971 into the houseH1004 of Jehovah: 13and she lookedH7200, and, behold, the kingH4428 stoodH5975 by his pillarH5982 at the entranceH3996, and the captains and the trumpetsH2689 by the kingH4428; and all the peopleH5971 of the landH776 rejoicedH8055, and blew trumpetsH2689; the singersH7891 also played on instrumentsH3627 of music, and led the singingH7891 of praiseH1984. Then AthaliahH6271 rent her clothesH899, and saidH559, TreasonH7195! treasonH7195! 14And JehoiadaH3077 the priestH3548 broughtH935 out the captains of hundredsH3967 that were set over the host, and saidH559 unto them, Have her forthH3318 between the ranksH7713; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the swordH2719: for the priestH3548 saidH559, Slay her not in the houseH1004 of Jehovah. 15So they madeH7760 way for her; and she wentH935 to the entranceH3996 of the horseH5483 gateH8179 to the king’sH4428 houseH1004: and they slew her there.

16And JehoiadaH3077 madeH3772 a covenantH1285 between himself, and all the peopleH5971, and the kingH4428, that they should beH1961 Jehovah’s peopleH5971. 17And all the peopleH5971 wentH935 to the houseH1004 of BaalH1168, and brake it downH5422, and brake his altarsH4196 and his imagesH6754 in pieces, and slewH2026 MattanH4977 the priestH3548 of BaalH1168 before the altarsH4196. 18And JehoiadaH3077 appointedH7760 the officers of the houseH1004 of Jehovah under the handH3027 of the priestsH3548 the LevitesH3881, whom DavidH1732 had distributed in the houseH1004 of Jehovah, to offerH5927 the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as it is writtenH3789 in the lawH8451 of MosesH4872, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of DavidH1732. 19And he setH5975 the porters at the gatesH8179 of the houseH1004 of Jehovah, that none that was uncleanH2931 in anything should enter in. 20And he tookH3947 the captains of hundredsH3967, and the noblesH117, and the governors of the peopleH5971, and all the peopleH5971 of the landH776, and broughtH935 down the kingH4428 from the houseH1004 of Jehovah: and they cameH935 through the upperH5945 gateH8179 unto the king’sH4428 houseH1004, and set the kingH4428 upon the throneH3678 of the kingdomH4467. 21So all the peopleH5971 of the landH776 rejoicedH8055, and the cityH5892 was quietH8252. And AthaliahH6271 they had slain with the swordH2719.