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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/2_kings/11.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Athaliah Reigns in Judah</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and she put<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Compare 2 Chronicles 22:11; Hebrew lacks and she put">a</a></sup></span> him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus they<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 2 Chronicles 22:11) she">b</a></sup></span> hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he remained with her six years, hidden in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, while Athaliah reigned over the land.</p> <p class="heading">Joash Anointed King in Judah</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of the Carites and of the guards, and had them come to him in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. And he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and he showed them the king’s son. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And he commanded them, “This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, those who come off duty on the Sabbath and guard the king’s house <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>(another third being at the gate Sur and a third at the gate behind the guards) shall guard the palace.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain">c</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the two divisions of you, which come on duty in force on the Sabbath and guard the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> on behalf of the king, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand. And whoever approaches the ranks is to be put to death. Be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The captains did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they each brought his men who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the priest gave to the captains the spears and shields that had been King David’s, which were in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the guards stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house on behalf of the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then he brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, “Long live the king!”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she went into the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And when she looked, there was the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets. And Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains who were set over the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to death with the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest said, “Let her not be put to death in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So they laid hands on her; and she went through the horses’ entrance to the king’s house, and there she was put to death.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Jehoiada made a covenant between the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and the king and people, that they should be the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s people, and also between the king and the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest posted watchmen over the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And he took the captains, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, marching through the gate of the guards to the king’s house. And he took his seat on the throne of the kings. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been put to death with the sword at the king’s house.</p> <p class="heading">Jehoash Reigns in Judah</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Ch 12:1 in Hebrew">d</a></sup></span> Jehoash<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Jehoash is an alternate spelling of Joash (son of Ahaziah) as in verse 2">e</a></sup></span> was seven years old when he began to reign.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Compare 2 Chronicles 22:11; Hebrew lacks <i class="catch-word">and she put</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 2 Chronicles 22:11) <i>she</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain<br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Ch 12:1 in Hebrew<br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> <i class="catch-word">Jehoash</i> is an alternate spelling of <i>Joash</i> (son of Ahaziah) as in verse 2<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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