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2 Chronicles 23:1-21 — Joash Made King; Athaliah Killed

2Chr.23.1-21

¹In the seventh year, Jehoiada took courage and entered into a covenant with the commanders of hundreds: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri. ²They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, along with the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. ³Then all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And Jehoiada said to them, “Behold, the king's son shall reign, just as the LORD spoke concerning the sons of David.” ⁴"This is what you must do: one third of you, priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath, shall be gatekeepers at the thresholds. ⁵One third shall be at the king's house, one third at the Foundation Gate, and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. ⁶Let no one enter the house of the LORD except the priests and the Levites who minister. They may enter, for they are holy. But all the people shall keep the charge of the LORD. ⁷The Levites shall surround the king on every side, each man with his weapon in his hand, and whoever enters the house shall be put to death. Stay with the king when he comes in and when he goes out." ⁸So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest had commanded. Each man took his men, both those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest had not dismissed the divisions. ⁹Then Jehoiada the priest gave the commanders of hundreds the spears, the shields, and the large shields that had belonged to King David and were in the house of God. ¹⁰And he stationed all the people, each man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, by the altar and by the house, all around the king. ¹¹Then they brought out the king's son , put the crown on him and gave him the testimony , and they made him king. Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and said, “Long live the king!” ¹²When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people in the house of the LORD. ¹³And she looked, and behold, the king was standing by his pillar at the entrance, with the officers and the trumpeters beside the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with musical instruments were leading the praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!” ¹⁴Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the commanders of hundreds who were appointed over the army and said to them, “Bring her out outside the ranks, and whoever follows her must be put to death with the sword.” For the priest had said, “Do not put her to death in the house of the LORD.” ¹⁵So they laid hold of her, and she went to the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king's house, and there they put her to death. ¹⁶Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they should be the LORD's people. ¹⁷And all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down. They smashed his altars and his images, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. ¹⁸And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD under the authority of the Levitical priests, whom David had assigned over the house of the LORD, to offer up the burnt offerings of the LORD as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with song according to the direction of David. ¹⁹He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that no one unclean in any respect might enter. ²⁰Then he took the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the LORD. They entered the king's house by way of the Upper Gate and seated the king on the throne of the kingdom. ²¹And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, because they had put Athaliah to death with the sword.

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4/11/2026

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