Joash Anointed King in Judah

2 Kings 11

4 In e the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of hundreds - of the bodyguards and the 1 escorts - and brought them into the house of the LORD to him. And he made a covenant with them and took an oath from them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son. 5 Then he commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall do: One-third of you who 2 come on duty f on the Sabbath shall be keeping watch over the king's house, 6 "one-third shall be at the gate of Sur, and one-third at the gate behind the escorts. You shall keep the watch of the house, lest it be broken down. 7 "The two 3 contingents of you who go off duty on the Sabbath shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD for the king. 8 "But you shall surround the king on all sides, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes within range, let him be put to death. You are to be with the king as he goes out and as he comes in."

9 g So the captains of the hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. Each of them took his men who were to be on duty on the Sabbath, with those who were going off duty on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 And the priest gave the captains of hundreds the spears and shields which had belonged to King David, h that were in the temple of the LORD. 11 Then the escorts stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, all around the king, from the right 4 side of the temple to the left side of the temple, by the altar and the house. 12 And he brought out the king's son, put the crown on him, and gave him the i Testimony; 5 6 they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, j "Long live the king!"

13 k Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the escorts and the people, she came to the people in the temple of the LORD. 14 When she looked, there was the king standing by l a pillar according to custom; and the leaders and the trumpeters were by the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. So Athaliah tore her clothes and cried out, "Treason! Treason!" 15 And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the army, and said to them, "Take her outside 7 under guard, and slay with the sword whoever follows her." For the priest had said, "Do not let her be killed in the house of the LORD." 16 So they seized her; and she went by way of the horses' entrance into the king's house, and there she was killed.

17 m Then Jehoiada n made a covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people, that they should be the LORD's people, and also o between the king and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went to the p temple of Baal, and tore it down. They thoroughly q broke in pieces its altars and 8 images, and r killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And s the priest appointed 9 officers over the house of the LORD. 19 Then he took the captains of hundreds, the bodyguards, the escorts, and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, and went by way of the gate of the escorts to the king's house. Then he sat on the throne of the kings. 20 So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet, for they had slain Athaliah with the sword in the king's house.

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 12:2
    Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all the days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
    2 Chronicles 23:1
    In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and made a covenant with the captains of hundreds: Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri.
  2. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:25
    And their brethren in their villages had to come with them from time to time for seven days.
  3. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 23:8
    So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each man took his men who were to be on duty on the Sabbath, with those who were going off duty on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest had not dismissed the divisions.
  4. Cross References
    2 Samuel 8:7
    And David took the shields of gold that had belonged to the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
    1 Chronicles 18:7
    And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 25:16
    And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you.
    Exodus 31:18
    And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
  6. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:24
    And Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see him whom the LORD has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?" So all the people shouted and said, "Long live the king!
  7. Cross References
    2 Kings 8:26
    Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri, king of Israel.
    2 Chronicles 23:12
    Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people in the temple of the LORD.
  8. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:3
    Then the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people took a stand for the covenant.
    2 Chronicles 34:31
    Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD, to follow the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
  9. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 23:16
    Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD's people.
  10. Cross References
    Joshua 24:24
    And the people said to Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!
    Joshua 24:25
    So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
    2 Chronicles 15:12 - 15
    Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
  11. Cross References
    2 Samuel 5:3
    Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel.
  12. Cross References
    2 Kings 10:26
    And they brought the sacred pillars out of the temple of Baal and burned them.
    2 Kings 10:27
    Then they broke down the sacred pillar of Baal, and tore down the temple of Baal and made it a refuse dump to this day.
  13. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 12:3
    And you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and burn their wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place.
  14. Cross References
    1 Kings 18:40
    And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape!" So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and executed them there.
    2 Kings 10:11
    So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his close acquaintances and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
  15. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 23:18
    Also Jehoiada appointed the oversight of the house of the LORD to the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had assigned in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was established by David.
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