2 Kings 11 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And Athalyah was the mother of Aḥ

² But Yehosheḇ

³ And he remained with her in hiding in the House of יהוה  for six years, while Athalyah was reigning over the land.

⁴ And in the seventh year Yehoyaḏ

⁵ And he commanded them, saying, “This is what you are to do: One-third of you who come in on the Sabbath to be on guard in the sovereign’s house,

⁶ and one-third at the gate of Sur, and one-third at the gate behind the runners. And you shall be on guard in the house, lest it be broken down.

⁷ “And the two detachments of you who are going out on the Sabbath shall be on guard in the House of יהוה  for the sovereign.

⁸ “And you shall surround the sovereign on all sides, every man with his weapons in his hand. And whoever comes within the ranks, let him be put to death. And be with the sovereign as he goes out and as he comes in.”

⁹ So the commanders of the hundreds did according to all that Yehoyaḏ

¹⁰ And the priest gave the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields which had belonged to Sovereign Dawiḏ

¹¹ And the runners stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, all around the sovereign, from the right side of the House to the left side of the House, by the altar and the House.

¹² And he brought out the son of the sovereign and put on him the diadem and the Witness. And they set him up to reign and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, “Let the sovereign live!”

¹³ And Athalyah heard the noise of the runners, the people, and she came to the people, into the House of יהוה,

¹⁴ and looked and saw the sovereign standing by a column, according to the ruling, and the chiefs and the trumpeters were beside the sovereign, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets. And Athalyah tore her garments and cried out, “Treason! Treason!”

¹⁵ And Yehoyaḏ

¹⁶ So they took hold of her, and she went by way of the horses’ entrance to the sovereign’s house, and was put to death there.

¹⁷ And Yehoyaḏ

¹⁸ And all the people of the land went to the house of Baʽ

¹⁹ and took the commanders of hundreds, and the Karites, and the runners, and all the people of the land. And they brought the sovereign down from the House of יהוה, and went by way of the gate of the runners to the sovereign’s house. And he sat on the throne of the sovereigns.

²⁰ And all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city had rest, for they had slain Athalyahu with the sword in the sovereign’s house.

²¹ Yeho’ash was seven years old when he began to reign.