and be a barrier.
011:007 The two companies of you, even all who go forth on the Sabbath,
shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh about the king.
011:008 You shall compass the king round about, every man with his
weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks,
let him be slain: and be you with the king when he goes out,
and when he comes in.
011:009 The captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada
the priest commanded; and they took every man his men,
those who were to come in on the Sabbath, with those who were
to go out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
011:010 The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears
and shields that had been king David's, which were in the
house of Yahweh.
011:011 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.
011:012 Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown on him,
and [gave him] the testimony; and they made him king,
and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said,
[Long] live the king.
011:013 When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard [and of] the people,
she came to the people into the house of Yahweh:
011:014 and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar,
as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king;
and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets.
Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason!
011:015 Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were
set over the army, and said to them, Have her forth between
the ranks; and him who follows her kill with the sword.
For the priest said, Don't let her be slain in the house of Yahweh.
011:016 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.
011:017 Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king
and the people, that they should be Yahweh's people;
between the king also and the people.
011:018 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 killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.
011:019 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 Yahweh, and came
by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house.
He sat on the throne of the kings.
011:020 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet.
Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king's house.
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