2 Chronicles 23 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And in the seventh year Yehoyaḏ

² And they went about through Yehuḏ

³ And all the assembly made a covenant with the sovereign in the House of Elohim. And he said to them, “See, the son of the sovereign is to reign, as יהוה  has said of the sons of Dawiḏ

⁴ “This is what you do: One-third of you entering on the Sabbath, of the priests and the Lĕ

⁵ and one-third are at the sovereign’s house, and one-third at the Gate of the Foundation, while all the people are in the courtyards of the House of יהוה.

⁶ “And let no one come into the House of יהוה  except the priests and those of the Lĕ

⁷ “And the Lĕ

⁸ And the Lĕ

⁹ And Yehoyaḏ

¹⁰ And 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 by the House, all around the sovereign.

¹¹ And they brought out the son of the sovereign and put on him the diadem and the Witness, and set him up to reign. Then Yehoyaḏ

¹² And Athalyahu heard the noise of the people running and praising the sovereign, and she came to the people in the House of יהוה,

¹³ and looked and saw the sovereign standing by his column at the entrance. And the chiefs and the trumpeters were beside the sovereign, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, also the singers with instruments of song, and those who led in praise. Then Athalyahu tore her garments and said, “Treason! Treason!”

¹⁴ And Yehoyaḏ

¹⁵ So they laid hands on her, and she went by way of the entrance of the Horse Gate into the sovereign’s house, and they put her to death there.

¹⁶ Yehoyaḏ

¹⁷ And all the people went to the house of Baʽ

¹⁸ And Yehoyaḏ

¹⁹ And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the House of יהוה, so that no one who was in any way unclean should enter.

²⁰ And he took the commanders of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the sovereign down from the House of יהוה. And they went through the Upper Gate to the sovereign’s house, and set the sovereign on the throne of the reign.

²¹ And all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city had rest, for they had slain Athalyahu with the sword.