1 anno autem septimo confortatus Ioiadae adsumpsit centuriones
Azariam videlicet filium Hieroam et Ismahel filium Iohanan
Azariam quoque filium Oded et Maasiam filium Adaiae
et Elisaphat filium Zechri
et iniit cum eis foedus
2 qui circumeuntes Iudam
congregaverunt Levitas de cunctis urbibus Iuda
et principes familiarum Israhel
veneruntque in Hierusalem
3 iniit igitur omnis multitudo pactum
in domo Domini cum rege
dixitque ad eos Ioiadae
ecce filius regis regnabit
sicut locutus est Dominus super filios David
4 iste est ergo sermo quem facietis
5 tertia pars vestrum qui veniunt ad sabbatum sacerdotum et Levitarum et
ianitorum
erit in portis
tertia vero pars ad domum regis
et tertia in porta quae appellatur
Fundamenti
omne vero reliquum vulgus sit in atriis domus Domini
6 nec quisquam alius ingrediatur domum Domini
nisi sacerdotes et qui ministrant de Levitis
ipsi tantummodo ingrediantur quia sanctificati sunt
et omne reliquum vulgus observet custodias Domini
7 Levitae autem circumdent regem habentes singuli arma sua
et si quis alius ingressus fuerit templum interficiatur
sintque cum rege et intrante et egrediente
8 fecerunt igitur Levitae et universus Iuda
iuxta omnia quae praeceperat Ioiadae pontifex
et adsumpserunt singuli viros qui sub se erant
et veniebant per ordinem sabbati
cum his qui iam impleverant sabbatum et egressuri erant
siquidem Ioiadae pontifex non dimiserat abire turmas
quae sibi per singulas ebdomadas succedere consueverant
9 deditque Ioiadae sacerdos centurionibus lanceas
clypeosque et peltas regis David quas consecraverat in domo Domini
10 constituitque omnem populum tenentium pugiones
a parte templi dextra usque ad partem templi sinistram
coram altari et templo per circuitum regis
11 et eduxerunt filium regis et inposuerunt ei diadema
dederuntque in manu eius tenendam legem
et constituerunt eum regem
unxit quoque illum Ioiadae pontifex et
filii eius
inprecatique sunt atque dixerunt vivat rex
12 quod cum audisset Otholia
vocem scilicet currentium atque laudantium regem
ingressa est ad populum in templum Domini
13 cumque vidisset regem stantem super gradum in introitu
et principes turmasque circa eum
omnem quoque populum terrae gaudentem atque clangentem
tubis
et diversi generis organis concinentem vocemque laudantium
scidit vestimenta sua et ait insidiae insidiae
14 egressus autem Ioiadae pontifex ad centuriones et
principes exercitus dixit eis
educite illam extra septa templi et interficiatur foris gladio
praecepitque sacerdos ne occideretur in domo Domini
15 et inposuerunt cervicibus eius manus
cumque intrasset portam Equorum domus regis interfecerunt eam ibi
16 pepigit autem Ioiadae foedus inter se universumque
populum et regem
ut esset populus Domini
17 itaque ingressus est omnis populus domum Baal et destruxerunt eam
et altaria ac simulacra illius confregerunt
Matthan quoque sacerdotem Baal interfecerunt ante aras
18 constituit autem Ioiadae praepositos in domo Domini
et sub manibus sacerdotum ac Levitarum
quos distribuit David in domo Domini
ut offerrent holocausta Domino
sicut scriptum est in lege Mosi
in gaudio et canticis iuxta dispositionem David
19 constituit quoque ianitores in portis domus Domini
ut non ingrederetur eam inmundus in omni re
20 adsumpsitque centuriones et fortissimos viros
ac principes populi et omne vulgus terrae
et fecerunt descendere regem de domo Domini
et introire per medium portae superioris in domum regis
et conlocaverunt eum in solio regali
21 laetatusque est omnis populus terrae et urbs quievit
porro Otholia interfecta est gladio
1 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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 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; 5 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. 6 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. 7 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. 8 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. 9 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. 10 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. 11 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.
12 ¶ 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: 13 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. 14 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. 15 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.
16 ¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s people. 17 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. 18 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. 19 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. 20 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. 21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.