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(and if any other come into the temple, let him be slain;) and let them be with the king, both coming in, and going out. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So the Levites, and all Juda did according to all that Joiada the high priest bad commanded: and they took every one his men that were under him, and that came in by the course of the sabbath, with those who had fulfilled the sabbath, and were to go out. For Joiada the high priest permitted not the companies to depart, which were accustomed to succeed one another every week. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And Joiada the priest gave to the captains the spears, and the shields, and targets of king David, which he had dedicated in the house of the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he set all the people with swords in their hands from the right side of the temple, to the left side of the temple, before the altar, and the temple, round about the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And they brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and the testimony, and gave him the law to hold in his hand, and they made him king: and Joiada the high priest and his sons anointed him: and they prayed for him, and said: God save the king. </p> <a name="12" id="12"></a><p class="hdg">The Death of Athaliah<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_kings/11.htm#13">2 Kings 11:13-16</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now when Athalia heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came in to the people, into the temple of the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And when she saw the king standing upon the step in the entrance, and the princes, and the companies about him, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and sounding with trumpets, and playing on instruments of divers kinds, and the voice of those that praised, she rent her garments, and said: Treason, treason. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Joiada the high priest going out to the captains, and the chiefs of the army, said to them: Take her forth without the precinct of the temple, and when she is without let her be killed with the sword. For the priest commanded that she should not be killed in the house of the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And they laid hold on her by the neck: and when she was come within the horse gate of the palace, they killed her there. </p> <a name="16" id="16"></a><p class="hdg">Jehoiada Restores the Worship of God<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_kings/11.htm#17">2 Kings 11:17-21</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Joiada made a covenant between himself and all the people, and the king, that they should be the people of the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And all the people went into the house of Baal, and destroyed it: and they broke down his altars and his idols: and they slew Mathan the priest of Baal before the altars. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Joiada appointed overseers in the house of the Lord, under the hands of the priests, and the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord: to offer holocausts to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with joy and singing, according to the disposition of David. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He appointed also porters in the gates of the house of the Lord, that none who was unclean in any thing should enter in. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And he took the captains of hundreds, and the most valiant men, and the chiefs of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and brought him through the upper gate into the king's house, and set him on the royal throne. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>21And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword. </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Douay-Rheims Bible<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_chronicles/22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_chronicles/24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/2_chronicles/23-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>