2 Kings 11:4-16

2 Kings 11:4-16

[4] And the seventh  year  Jehoiada  sent  and fetched  the rulers  over hundreds,  with the captains  and the guard,  and brought  them to him into the house  of the LORD,  and made  a covenant  with them, and took an oath  of them in the house  of the LORD,  and shewed  them the king's  son.  [5] And he commanded  them, saying,  This is the thing  that ye shall do;  A third part  of you that enter in  on the sabbath  shall even be keepers  of the watch  of the king's  house;  [6] And a third part  shall be at the gate  of Sur;  and a third part  at the gate  behind  the guard:  so shall ye keep  the watch  of the house,  that it be not broken down.  [7] And two  parts  of all you that go forth  on the sabbath,  even they shall keep  the watch  of the house  of the LORD  about  the king.  [8] And ye shall compass  the king  round about,  every man  with his weapons  in his hand:  and he that cometh  within the ranges,  let him be slain:  and be ye with the king  as he goeth out  and as he cometh in.  [9] And the captains  over the hundreds  did  according to all things that Jehoiada  the priest  commanded:  and they took  every man  that were to come in  on the sabbath,  with them that should go out  on the sabbath,  and came  to Jehoiada  the priest.  [10] And to the captains  over hundreds  did the priest  give  king  David's  spears  and shields,  that were in the temple  of the LORD.  [11] And the guard  stood,  every man  with his weapons  in his hand,  round about  the king,  from the right  corner  of the temple  to the left  corner  of the temple,  along by the altar  and the temple.  [12] And he brought forth  the king's  son,  and put  the crown  upon him, and gave him the testimony;  and they made him king,  and anointed  him; and they clapped  their hands,  and said,  God save  the king.  [13] And when Athaliah  heard  the noise  of the guard  and of the people,  she came  to the people  into the temple  of the LORD.  [14] And when she looked,  behold, the king  stood  by a pillar,  as the manner  was, and the princes  and the trumpeters  by the king,  and all the people  of the land  rejoiced,  and blew  with trumpets:  and Athaliah  rent  her clothes,  and cried,  Treason,  [15] But Jehoiada  the priest  commanded  the captains  of the hundreds,  the officers  of the host,  and said  unto them, Have her forth  without  the ranges:  and him that followeth  her kill  with the sword.  For the priest  had said,  Let her not be slain  in the house  of the LORD.  [16] And they laid  hands  on her; and she went  by the way  by the which the horses  came  into the king's  house:  and there was she slain.