And in the seventhyearJehoiadastrengthenedhimself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, intocovenantwith him.
And theywentabout in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and theycame to Jerusalem.
And all the congregationmade a covenantwith the king in the house of God. And he saiduntothem, Behold, the king’s son shallreign, as the LORDhathsaid of the sons of David.
And a thirdpartshall be at the king’shouse; and a thirdpart at the gate of the foundation: and all the peopleshall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.
But let nonecomeinto the house of the LORD, save the priests, and theythatminister of the Levites; theyshall go in, for they are holy: but all the peopleshallkeep the watch of the LORD.
And the Levitesshallcompass the kingroundabout, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoeverelsecomethinto the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the kingwhen he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all thingsthatJehoiada the priest had commanded, and tookevery man his men thatwere to come in on the sabbath, withthemthatwere to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priestdismissed not the courses.
MoreoverJehoiada the priestdelivered to the captains of hundredsspears, and bucklers, and shields, that had beenkingDavid’s, whichwere in the house of God.
And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the rightside of the temple to the leftside of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the kingroundabout.
Thentheybrought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sonsanointed him, and said, God save the king.
And she looked, and, behold, the kingstood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the landrejoiced, and soundedwithtrumpets, also the singerswithinstruments of musick, and such as taught to singpraise. ThenAthaliahrent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
ThenJehoiada the priestbrought out the captains of hundredsthatwere set over the host, and saiduntothem, Have her forth of the ranges: and whosofolloweth her, let him be slainwith the sword. For the priestsaid, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
Then all the peoplewent to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slewMattan the priest of Baalbefore the altars.
AlsoJehoiadaappointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whomDavid had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burntofferings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, withrejoicing and withsinging, as it was ordained by David.
And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and broughtdown the kingfrom the house of the LORD: and theycamethrough the highgateinto the king’shouse, and set the kingupon the throne of the kingdom.