1And 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 . 2And they went about in Judah , and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah , and the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel , and they came to Jerusalem . 3And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God . And he said unto them , Behold , the king ’s son shall reign , as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the sons of David . 4This is the thing that ye shall do : a third part of you , that come in on the sabbath , of the priests and of the Levites , shall be porters of the thresholds ; 5and 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 Jehovah . 6But let none come into the house of Jehovah , save the priests , and they that minister of the Levites ; they shall come in , for they are holy : but all the people shall keep the charge of Jehovah . 7And the Levites shall compass the king round about , every man with his weapons in his hand ; and whosoever cometh into the house , let him be slain : and be ye with the king when he cometh in , and when he goeth out . 8So the Levites and all Judah 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 ; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses . 9And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears , and bucklers , and shields , that had been king David ’s, which were in the house of God . 10And he set all the people , every man with his weapon 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 . 11Then they brought out the king ’s son , and put the crown upon him , and gave him the testimony , and made him king : and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him ; and they said , Long live the king .
The Anointing of Joash
12And when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king , she came to the people into the house of Jehovah : 13and she looked , and , behold , the king stood by his pillar at the entrance , and the captains and the trumpets by the king ; and all the people of the land rejoiced , and blew trumpets ; the singers also played on instruments of music , and led the singing of praise . Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason ! treason ! 14And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host , and said unto them , Have her forth between the ranks ; and whoso followeth her , let him be slain with the sword : for the priest said , Slay her not in the house of Jehovah . 15So they made way for her ; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king ’s house : and they slew her there .
The Execution of Athaliah
16And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself , and all the people , and the king , that they should be Jehovah ’s people . 17And 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 . 18And Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests the Levites , whom David had distributed in the house of Jehovah , to offer the burnt-offerings of Jehovah , as it is written in the law of Moses , with rejoicing and with singing , according to the order of David . 19And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah , that none that was unclean in anything should enter in . 20And 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 Jehovah : and they came through the upper gate unto the king ’s house , and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom . 21So all the people of the land rejoiced , and the city was quiet . And Athaliah they had slain with the sword .