22 ¹⁰ Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of the house of Judah. 22 ¹¹ But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were about to be slain, and she put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. Thus Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she was a sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah, so that she did not slay him; 22 ¹² and he remained with them six years, hid in the house of God, while Atheliah reigned over the land. - Jehoiada's revolt against Athalieh.  2Chr.23.1-15- 2Kgs.11.4-16 | KNSB Contents | notes

23 ¹ But in the seventh year Jehoiada took courage, and entered into a compact with the commanders of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri. 23 ² And they went about through Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 23 ³ And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And Jehoiada said to them, "Behold, the king's son! Let him reign, as Yahweh spoke concerning the sons of David. 23 ⁴ This is the thing that you shall do: of you priests and Levites who come off duty on the sabbath, one third shall be gatekeepers, 23 ⁵ and one third shall be at the king's house and one third at the Gate of the Foundation; and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of Yahweh. 23 ⁶ Let no one enter the house of Yahweh except the priests and ministering Levites; they may enter, for they are holy, but all the people shall keep the charge of Yahweh. 23 ⁷ The Levites shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever enters the house shall be slain. Be with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out."

23 ⁸ The Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. They each brought his men, who were to go off duty on the sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions. 23 ⁹ And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains the spears and the large and small shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of God; 23 ¹⁰ and he set all the people as a guard for the king, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house. 23 ¹¹ Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, "Long live the king."

23 ¹² When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she went into the house of Yahweh to the people; 23 ¹³ and when she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with their musical instruments leading in the celebration. And Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, "Treason! Treason!" 23 ¹⁴ Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains who were set over the army, saying to them, "Bring her out between the ranks; any one who follows her is to be slain with the sword." For the priest said, "Do not slay her in the house of Yahweh." 23 ¹⁵ So they laid hands on her; and she went into the entrance of the horse gate of the king's house, and they slew her there.