KJ3 Literal Translation
2 Kings 11
Joash is saved from Athaliah's massacre and is hiddens six years in a bedroom in the house of Jehovah. Jehoiada, in the seventh year, anoints him king. Athaliah is slain. Jehoiada restores the worship of Jehovah.
1And Athaliah was the mother of Ahaziah. And when she saw that her son had died, then she rose up and destroyed all the seed of the kingdom.
2But Jehosheba the daughter of King Jehoram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the sons of the king's sons who were caused to die, him and his nurse, in the bedroom. And they hid him from the face of Athaliah, and he had not died.
3And he was with her in the house of Jehovah, hiding himself six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.
4And in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent and called the rulers of the hundreds, with the Carites and the runners. And he brought them to him into the house of Jehovah, and cut a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah. And he made them see the king's son.
5And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do. A third of you shall go in on the sabbath for keepers of the watch of the king's house.
6A third shall be at the Sur Gate. A third shall be at the gate behind the runners. And you shall keep the watch of the house, alternately.
7And two parts of you, all who go out on the sabbath, they shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king.
8And you shall fully surround the king, each man with his weapons in his hand. And he that comes within the ranks shall be made to die. And you shall be with the king as he goes in and goes out.
9And the rulers of the hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each man took his men, going in on the sabbath, with those going out on the sabbath, and came in to Jehoiada the priest.
10And the priest gave to the rulers of the hundreds King David's spears and the shields, that were in the house of Jehovah.
11And the runners stood, each man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, beside the altar and beside the house, by the king round about.
12And he brought out the son of the king, and put the crown on him, and the testimony. And they made him to reign, and anointed him, and clapped their hands, and said, Let the king live!
13And Athaliah heard the sound of the runners of the people. And she came to the people, to the house of Jehovah.
14And she looked, and, behold, the king was standing by the pillar, according to the custom. And the rulers and the trumpeters were beside the king. And all the people of the land were rejoicing, and blowing with trumpets. And Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! Treason!
15And Jehoiada the priest commanded the commanders of the hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, Bring her out to the outside of the ranks; and he who comes after her cause her to die by the sword. For the priest had said, Do not cause her to die in the house of Jehovah.
16And they laid hands on her, and she entered the way of the horse's entrance to the house of the king, and was caused to die there.
17And Jehoiada cut a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people to be for a people to Jehovah, and between the king and the people.
18And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal and broke it down. They completely smashed its altars and its images. And they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest set guards over the house of Jehovah.
19And he took the commanders over the hundreds, and the Carites, and the runners, and all the people of the land. And they brought the king down from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way of the Runners' Gate to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
20And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And they had slain Athaliah by the sword in the king's house.
21Joash was a son of seven years when he began to reign.
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