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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Kings 11 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_kings/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_kings/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > 2 Kings 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_kings/10.htm" title="2 Kings 10">◄</a> 2 Kings 11 <a href="../2_kings/12.htm" title="2 Kings 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Queen Athaliah of Judah</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="2CH 22:10-23:15">2 Chronicles 22.10—23.15</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v12_11_1"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.1" class="v12_11_1">1</span>As soon as King Ahaziah's mother Athaliah learned of her son's murder, she gave orders for all the members of the royal family to be killed. </span><span class="v12_11_2"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.2" class="v12_11_2">2</span>Only Ahaziah's son Joash escaped. He was about to be killed with the others, but was rescued by his aunt Jehosheba, who was King Jehoram's daughter and Ahaziah's half sister. She took him and his nurse into a bedroom in the Temple and hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not killed. </span><span class="v12_11_3"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.3" class="v12_11_3">3</span>For six years Jehosheba took care of the boy and kept him hidden in the Temple, while Athaliah ruled as queen.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_11_4"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.4" class="v12_11_4">4</span>But in the seventh year Jehoiada the priest sent for the officers in charge of the royal bodyguard and of the palace guards, and told them to come to the Temple, where he made them agree under oath to what he planned to do. He showed them King Ahaziah's son Joash </span><span class="v12_11_5"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.5" class="v12_11_5">5</span>and gave them the following orders: “When you come on duty on the Sabbath, one third of you are to guard the palace; </span><span class="v12_11_6"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.6" class="v12_11_6">6</span>another third are to stand guard at the Sur Gate, and the other third are to stand guard at the gate behind the other guards.<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.11.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v12_11_7"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.7" class="v12_11_7">7</span>The two groups that go off duty on the Sabbath are to stand guard at the Temple to protect the king. </span><span class="v12_11_8"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.8" class="v12_11_8">8</span>You are to guard King Joash with drawn swords and stay with him wherever he goes. Anyone who comes near you is to be killed.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_11_9"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.9" class="v12_11_9">9</span>The officers obeyed Jehoiada's instructions and brought their men to him—those going off duty on the Sabbath and those going on duty. </span><span class="v12_11_10"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.10" class="v12_11_10">10</span>He gave the officers the spears<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.11.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and shields that had belonged to King David and had been kept in the Temple, </span><span class="v12_11_11"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.11" class="v12_11_11">11</span>and he stationed the men with drawn swords all around the front of the Temple, to protect the king. </span><span class="v12_11_12"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.12" class="v12_11_12">12</span>Then Jehoiada led Joash out, placed the crown on his head, and gave him a copy of the laws governing kingship. Then Joash was anointed and proclaimed king. The people clapped their hands and shouted, “Long live the king!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_11_13"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.13" class="v12_11_13">13</span>Queen Athaliah heard the noise being made by the guards and the people, so she hurried to the Temple, where the crowd had gathered. </span><span class="v12_11_14"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.14" class="v12_11_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.11.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> There she saw the new king standing by the column at the entrance of the Temple, as was the custom. He was surrounded by the officers and the trumpeters, and the people were all shouting joyfully and blowing trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes in distress and shouted, “Treason! Treason!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_11_15"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.15" class="v12_11_15">15</span>Jehoiada did not want Athaliah killed in the Temple area, so he ordered the army officers: “Take her out between the rows of guards, and kill anyone who tries to rescue her.” </span><span class="v12_11_16"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.16" class="v12_11_16">16</span>They seized her, took her to the palace, and there at the Horse Gate they killed her.</span></p><h3 class="s">Jehoiada's Reforms</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="2CH 23:16-21">2 Chronicles 23.16-21</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v12_11_17"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.17" class="v12_11_17">17</span>The priest Jehoiada had King Joash and the people make a covenant with the <span class="nd">Lord</span> that they would be the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s people; he also made a covenant between the king and the people. </span><span class="v12_11_18"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.18" class="v12_11_18">18</span>Then the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down; they smashed the altars and the idols, and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_11_18">Jehoiada put guards on duty at the Temple, </span><span class="v12_11_19"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.19" class="v12_11_19">19</span>and then he, the officers, the royal bodyguard, and the palace guards escorted the king from the Temple to the palace, followed by all the people. Joash entered by the Guard Gate and took his place on the throne. </span><span class="v12_11_20"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.20" class="v12_11_20">20</span>All the people were filled with happiness, and the city was quiet, now that Athaliah had been killed in the palace.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_11_21"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.11.21" class="v12_11_21">21</span>Joash became king of Judah at the age of seven.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.6: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew has an additional word, the meaning of which is unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.10: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations (and see 2 Ch 23.9) </char><char style="fq" closed="false">spears; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">spear.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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