1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
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 his men 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, 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.
17 ¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; between the king also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house. 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
Atalja valda pār Jūdu
(2L 22:10–12)1 Kad Ahazjāhu māte Atalja redzēja, ka viņas dēls ir miris, viņa cēlās un izdeldēja visu ķēniņa dzimumu. 2 Bet ķēniņa Jorāma meita Jehošeba, Ahazjāhu māsa, ņēma Jehoāšu, Ahazjāhu dēlu, un zagšus aiznesa viņu projām no ķēniņa dēliem, kas tika nonāvēti, un kopā ar zīdītāju ieveda viņu guļamistabā. Viņu paslēpa no Ataljas, tā viņu nenonāvēja. 3 Viņi abi sešus gadus slēpās Kunga namā, kamēr Atalja valdīja pār zemi.
Jehojāda svaida Jehoāšu par ķēniņu
(2L 23:1–11)4 Septītajā gadā Jehojāda lika ataicināt virsniekus pār simtiem no kariešiem un skrējēju sardzes un ieveda tos Kunga namā. Viņi noslēdza derību, un viņš lika tiem zvērēt Kunga namā un tad parādīja ķēniņa dēlu. 5 Viņš pavēlēja: “Dariet tā: viena trešdaļa no jums sabatā lai iet un sargā ķēniņa namu, 6 otra trešdaļa tempļa vārtus un vēl trešdaļa – vārtus, ko pārmaiņus sargā skrējēju sardze. 7 Divi pulki no jums, visi, kam sabatā jāiet sardzē, lai sargā Kunga namu un ķēniņu! 8 Stājieties ķēniņam visapkārt katrs ar savu ieroci – kurš ielaužas ierindā, tam jāmirst! Esiet pie ķēniņa visu laiku, vai viņš nāk vai iet!”
9 Virsnieki pār simtiem darīja visu, ko priesteris Jehojāda pavēlēja. Tie ņēma katrs savus vīrus – gan tos, kas sabatā bija brīvi, gan tos, kam bija jāiet sardzē, – un devās pie priestera Jehojādas. 10 Virsniekiem pār simtiem priesteris iedeva ķēniņa Dāvida šķēpus un vairogus, kas bija Kunga namā. 11 Skrējēju sardzes vīri katrs ar ieroci rokā nostājās no Kunga nama dienvidu puses līdz ziemeļu pusei ap altāri un namu, visapkārt ķēniņam. 12 Tad viņš izveda ārā ķēniņa dēlu, uzlika viņam kroni un iedeva liecību, iecēla viņu par ķēniņu un svaidīja ar eļļu. Viņi sita plaukstas un sauca: “Lai dzīvo ķēniņš!”
Ataljas nāve
(2L 23:12–21)13 Kad Atalja dzirdēja karavīru un ļaužu balsis, viņa iegāja pie tautas Kunga namā. 14 Un viņa skatījās, un redzi – uz paaugstinājuma pēc ieražas stāv ķēniņš, arī virsnieki un taurētāji blakus ķēniņam. Visa vienkāršā tauta priecājās un pūta taures. Tad Atalja saplēsa drānas un kliedza: “Sazvērestība, sazvērestība!”
15 Priesteris Jehojāda pavēlēja virsniekiem pār simtiem, karaspēka pavēlniekiem: “Vediet viņu ārā cauri rindām un, ja kāds viņai seko, nonāvējiet to ar zobenu!” Jo priesteris bija sacījis, lai to nenonāvē Kunga namā. 16 Viņi to satvēra, aizveda pa zirgu braucamo ceļu uz ķēniņa namu un tur nonāvēja.
17 Jehojāda noslēdza derību starp Kungu, ķēniņu un tautu – lai tā būtu Kunga tauta – un derību starp ķēniņu un tautu. 18 Tad visa vienkāršā tauta iegāja Baala namā un sadragāja altāri un tēlus sadauzīja gabalos. Baala priesteri Matānu tie nokāva altāra priekšā. Un priesteris Jehojāda iecēla sargus Kunga namam. 19 Tad viņš ņēma virsniekus pār simtiem, kariešus, skrējēju sardzi un visu vienkāršo tautu, un kopā ar ķēniņu viņi devās lejā no Kunga nama un gāja pa skrējēju sardzes vārtiem uz ķēniņa namu, un Jehoāšs sēdās ķēniņa tronī. 20 Tad visa vienkāršā tauta līksmoja, un pilsēta norima. Atalju nonāvēja ar zobenu ķēniņa namā.
