the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was Ahaziah’s sister), hid him from Athaliah, that he was not slain.

And he was hid with them in the house of God six years, because Athaliah was queen of the land.
(2 Chronicles)
Chapter 23
Jehoiada anoints Joash king. Athaliah is killed. Baal destroyed.

But in the seventh year Jehoiada took courage, and took the captains over an hundred, Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Johanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, to be covenant with him.

And they went about Judah, and brought the Levites by multitude out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief fathers of Israel, to come to Jerusalem.

And all the congregation made a covenant in the house of God with the king. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall be king, as the LORD hath spoken concerning the children of David.

Now therefore do ye this thing: your third part, which are of the sabbath, shall be among the priests and the Levites, which are porters at the door,

And the third part in the king’s house, and the third part at the gate of the foundation: but all the people shall be in the court of the house of the LORD.

And that no man enter into the house of the LORD, save the priests and the Levites that minister therein: they shall enter in, because they are sanctuaries: and all the people shall wait upon the guard of the LORD.

And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his guard in his hand.
And whosoever entereth into the house, let him be put to death. And they shall be with the king when he goeth out and when he cometh in.

And the Levites and all Judah did as Jehoiada the priest commanded, and took every man his men that came in on the sabbath day with them that came out on the sabbath day. For Jehoiada the priest did not let the two companies come apart.

And Jehoiada the priest gave unto the princes about an hundred spears, and shields, and weapons of king David, which were in the house of GOD.

And all the people, every man with his weapons in his hand, stood before the right corner of the house unto the left corner, toward the altar, and toward the house westward, round about the king.

And they brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said: Happy birthday to the king!

And when Athaliah heard the cry of the people that ran and praised the king, she went unto the people that were in the house of the LORD.

And she looked, and, behold, the king stood in his place in the entry, and the princes and drummers about the king: and all the people of the land were glad, and blew the trumpets, and the singers with all manner of strings, sent to praise. Then she rent her clothes, and said, Riot, riot!

And Jehoiada the priest came out with the captains of hundreds that were over the host, and said unto them: Bring her out from the house beyond the court; and whosoever followeth her, let him be put to death with the sword. For the priest had commanded that they should not be slain in the house of the LORD.

And they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering in of the horse gate of the king’s house, they slew her there.

And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and all the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD’S people.

And all the people went into the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake down his altars and his images, and slew Mathan the priest of Baal before the altars.

And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD among the priests and the Levites, whom David had ordained for the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with gladness and with songs, which David made up.

And he put porters in the gates of the house of the LORD, that nothing unclean should enter in by any means.

And he took the captains of hundreds, and the mighty men, and the lords of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the LORD, and brought him through the high gate of the king’s house, and set the king upon the royal throne.

And all the people of the land were glad, and the city was quiet: but Athaliah was slain with the sword.
(2 Chronicles)
Chapter 24
Joas laudable deeds, idolatry; punishment and death.

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem.
His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

And Jehoiada gave him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

After this Joash undertook to renew the house of the LORD.

And he gathered the priests and the Levites together, and said unto them: Go out to all the cities of Judah, and gather money out of all Israel to repair the house of your God yearly; and make haste to do so. But the Levites made no haste.

And the king called Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not taken heed to the Levites, that they bring in of Judah and Jerusalem the tax which Moses the servant of the LORD set, which were gathered together of Israel unto the tabernacle of the congregation?

For the wicked Athaliah and her sons have broken up the house of God, and have given all that was sanctified for the house of the LORD unto Baalim.

Then the king commanded that an ark should be made, and that it should be set without in the to of the house of the LORD.

And he sent a proclamation in Judah and in Jerusalem, that the tax of Moses the servant of God, which was laid upon Israel in the wilderness, should be brought unto the LORD.

And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought it, and cast it into the ark, until it was full.

And it came to pass, when it was time for the ark to be brought in by the Levites, according to the king’s commandment, when they saw that there was much money in it, that the king’s scribe, and he that was commanded of the chief priest, came and emptied the ark, and carried it again to his place. And they did so every day, and brought the money in abundance.

And the king and Jehoiada gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD; and they hired stonemasons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD; and to the masters of iron and brass to repair the house of the LORD.

And the workmen laboured, that the improvement of the work might be increased by their hand: and they made the house of God wholly ready, and well furnished, and made it strong.

And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, and made vessels of it for the house of the LORD, vessels for the service, and for burnt offerings, spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada.

And Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of life, and died; and was an hundred and thirty years old when he died.

And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and in God, and in his house.

And after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and worshipped the king: and the king obeyed them.

And they forsook the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served the groves and idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this trespass of theirs.

And he sent prophets unto them, that they should turn unto the LORD: and they testified unto them; but they gave no ear.

And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest. And he stood over the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God. GOD: Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye shall not prosper? For ye have forsaken the LORD, and he will forsake you again.

But they made a covenant against him, and stoned him according to the king’s commandment in the court of the house of the LORD.

And king Jehoash remembered not the mercy that Jehoiada his father had done unto him, but slew his son. And when he was dead, he said, The LORD will see and seek it.

And it came to pass, when the year was expired, that the host of the Syrians went up, and came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people, and sent all their spoil unto the king of Damascus.

For the power of the Syrians was with few men, and the LORD delivered into their hand a very great power, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. And they punished Joash also.

And when they departed from him, they left him in great sickness. And his servants made a league against him for the blood of