II Kings - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 390

11···~10 THE MONARCHICAL PERIOD.-—II. KINGS 12--10 IO II I2 16 Priest cmhmandcd, and taking each his men, came on the Sabbath. When they arrived cn the Sabbath, they came to }h0iada the priest, and the priest gave to the Captains of the Companies the spears, and shields, which since the time of King David had been in the Temple of the EVER- LIVING, and the Infantry were posted each with his arms in his hands at the right side of the Temp1e—·¢and at the left side of the 'I`emp1e·——t0wards the altar-and towards the Royal Palace, all round. Then he brought out the son of the king, and put to him the Declaration, and the Constitution, and crowned him, and consecrated him, when they clapped hands and Long live the King! But Athaliah heardthe shout of the

troops and crowd, and went to the crowd in the Temple ofthe EVER- LIVING, and looked, and saw the king standing by on a platform like a judge, and the Captains and the Cour·· tiers of the king, and many people of the country besides, who applauded with the Courtiers. Then Athaliah tore her robes and shouted “ Treason ! _ But ]hoiada the priest commanded the Captains of the Guards and Officers ofthe army, say- Taka her out of the Temple to the colonnade, and bring her to death by the sword. But,' kill her not in the House of the EvER·L1v1NG.’ T hey consequently laid hands on

her and brought her to the gangway of the cavalry barracks of the king, and killed her there. (ac. 878.) Qhnasb (mrniimzh lling 18 uf @nh¤ly. jhoiada next read the Covenant

between the EVER-LiV1NG and the king, and the people, which was to be maintained by the people towards the EvnR—L1vmc, and between the King and the people. The Representatives ofthe country

went afterwards to the Temple of Bal and threw down his altar, and smashed his image with delight, and killed Mattan the priest of Bal before his altar, and appointed a priest from the orders of the Temple of - the EVER-LIVING. He then collected the Captains

of the Guards, and the bodyguard, and the Courtiers, and Representa- tives of the country, and brought the king down from the Temple of the EvER~L1V!NG, and conducted him by way of the Infantry Gate to the Royal Palace, and set him upon the Royal throne. All the Representatives zo of the country rejoiced, and the City was content, when they had killed Athaliah by the sword at the Royal Palace. jhoash was seven years old when he 12 was crowned. In the seventh year of 2 Jehu, jhoash began to reign, and reigned forty years in jerusalem, and his mother’s. name was Tzibah of Bersheba. `jhoash did right in the 3 sight ofthe Ev1:n~1.tv1Nc, as jhoida theiPriest taught him, except that he 4 did not overturn the Columns-—the people still sacrificed and offered incense at the Columns. (ac. 876.) §lyun¤l; Qérhzrz a ¥l2~ pairing nf the Wzmplz. jhoash also ordered the Priests,

‘All the statutory money that is collected for the House of the EVER- LIVING; the money from the personal tax, money assessed for lives, or which is offered by any one freely, who comes to the Temple of the E1vER—L1v1NG,—1et the Priests take of it themselves, each for his salary, but let them repair the dilapidations of the Temple, wherever they find it dilapidatedf (ae. 856.) @32 yrizsts £.2gl2rt their @1xtg to repair it. However, in the thirteenth year of

King jhoash it was found the Priests had not repaired the dilapidations of the Temple. Consequently King jhoash summoned jhoiada the High Priest, with the Priests, and asked Why have you not repaired the dilapidations of the Temple? Cease further to appropriate the money as wages for yourselves, but pay for the dilapidations of the Therefore he prohibited the Priests from collecting money from the people, because they did not repair the dilapidations of the Temple. (ac. 856.) @3132 Wzmplz rzpairzir nuhzr it ilnnal Qlummissiun. Consequently jhoiada the Priest xo prepared a box and cut a hole in its 390