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2 Chronicles 23

23 In the seventh year Jehoiada took action. Making a compact with the army officers, Azariah son of Jehoram, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri, 2 he and they went through Judah, gathering the Levites from every town in Judah and also the headmen of Israel. They came to Jerusalem, 3 where all the gathering made a compact with the king inside the temple of God. “The king’s son must reign,” said Jehoiada, “as the Eternal promised that the descendants of David should reign. 4 This is what you must do; a third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on sabbath must guard the door, 5 a third of you must be at the palace, and a third of you must be at the Horse gate. The people will be all in the court of the temple of the Eternal, 6 but no one is to enter the temple of the Eternal except the priests and the Levites on service: they may enter, for they are consecrated, but all the people must observe the injunction of the Eternal. 7 The Levites must surround the king, every man carrying his weapons; anyone who enters the temple is to be slain. Keep close to the king at every turn.”

8 The Levites and all the men of Judah carried out all the orders of Jehoiada the priest. They mustered all their men, those coming on duty and those going off duty on the sabbath (for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions). 9 Jehoiada the priest also handed to the officers the spears, the targes, and the shields belonging to king David which had lain in the temple of God; 10 he posted all the men, each carrying his weapons, from the south side of the temple to the north side of the temple, facing the altar and the temple. 11 Then, bringing out the king’s son, he put the crown and the royal bracelets on him. They proclaimed him king and anointed him, shouting, “God save the king!” 12 [[When Athaliah heard the cheers of the men running about and praising the king, she came out to them in the temple of the Eternal. 13 When she looked, there she saw the king standing on the platform at the entrance, with the captains and the trumpeters beside him, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, the singers playing music on their instruments and leading the praise. “Treason! Treason!” shouted Athaliah, tearing her robes. 14 But Jehoiada the priest led out the captains and the army commanders, telling them, “Bring her out between the ranks, and slay whoever follows her” (the priest would not let her be killed inside the temple of the Eternal). 15 So they caught hold of her; she went to the horses’ entry of the royal palace, and there they killed her.

16 Jehoiada then made a compact for himself and all the people and the king, that they were to be the Eternal’s people. 17 All the people went to the temple of Baal and demolished it, smashing his altars and images, and killing Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.]] 18 Jehoiada appointed guards for the temple of the Eternal, under authority of the priests and Levites whom David had arranged in the temple of the Eternal to offer the burnt-offerings of the Eternal, as prescribed in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as ordered by David. 19 He put thq warders at the gates of the temple of the Eternal, that no one who was in any way unclean might enter, 20 Then, taking the captains, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, he had the king brought down from the temple of the Eternal; they went by the upper gate to the royal palace and seated the king upon the royal throne. 21 The people of the land all rejoiced; the town was quiet; and Athaliah they cut down.

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Moff by section 2 CHR 23:1

2 Chronicles 23

Moff by section 2 CHR 23:1