Second Book of Chronicles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 993

22--9 HISTORY OF HOUSE OF DAVID.-··I[. CHRON. 23—-15 g He also searched out Ahaziah and captured him, for he was hidden in Shomemn, and he was brought to jehu, who killed him. But they He was descended from jhosaphat, who sought the Even-L1v1>:c with all his heart? Thus none of the family of Ahaziah attained power in the Government. (881 12.0.) Qibalinh markers her IO II 12 Qxxshnnifs QDiyi1Dr2n. When Athaliah, the mother of

Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she arose with intention to destroy all the Royal race of the House of }udah, but the Royal Princess jhos- habath, took joash, the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from amongst the children of the King who were being killed, and placed him and his nurse in a bed-chamber. Thus jhos- habath, the daughter of King jhoram, the wife of ]`hoiada the Priest, con- cealed him, (for she was sister of Ahaziah), from Athaliah, so that he was not killed, but was hidden with them for six years, while Athaliah was Queen over the country. (878 ac.) Qlyniahn ily: @@13 §ri2¤t Dnribzs in Kastor: the Eine nf @nhib in the Glhrnxtz in §\gnrinl;.

23 But in the seventh year jhoiada emboldened himself, and took Azeriah,-ben-]erokhamandlshmael,— benjokhanan, and Azarihu,-ben· Aubed, and Masihupben-Adihu, and Alishafat,~ben~Zikri, Captains in the Army, into his confidence, and they travelled about ]udea, and invited the Levites from all the towns of ]udea, and the Ancestral Chiefs of Israel, to come to jerusalem, when all those assembled made an agree- ment in the House of GOD with the King. You know

that a (Prince should reign, as the EvER—L1v1NG promised to the sons of David. What you must do there- fore is this ;~——A third part of you must come on the Sabbath to the Priests and Levites who guard the Thresholds of the Gates ; and a third goto the Royal Palace; and a third go to the Gate of Consultation, when all the People are in the Courts of the House ofthe l`ivsR—1,1vi>:o. But let none enter the LORD’s House except the Priests, who minister, with the Levites.——They may enter, for they are sacred,·—and let all your forces guard the Ministrations of the EVER- LLJING. Then let the Levites close round the King, each with his vessels in his hands. But kill all else who wish to enter the Temple; but you must accompany the King when he enters and when he departsf So the Levites, and the Represen-

tatives of judea, did everything as jhoiada the Priest ordered, and each took his men on the arrival of the Sabbath,-—the Sabbath on which they were to act, when jhoiada the Priest did not dismiss the courses. jhoiada the Priest then gave the

Captains the spears and shields, and bucklers which had been King David‘s, and were in the Temple of GoD.~—He next stationed all the force, eacii with his weapon in his hand, from the right shoulder of the Temple, to the left shoulder of the Temple; and from the Altar to sur- round the Royal apartment. After- wards he- brought out the Prince, and they paid homage to him, and ad- ministered the Oath, and crowned him. jhoiada and his sons conse· crated him, and exclaimed, ‘ May the King live! Athaliah, however, heard the noise

of the people running and cheering the King, so she came to the Parlia- ment in the House of the EVER- LIVING, and when she looked, and saw the King standing on a platform at the entrance, with the Nobles and Trumpeters around the King, and all the people in the place in delight; and the trumpeters and singers sounding with their instruments of music as a choir of thanksgiving, then Athaliah tore her robes, and T reason! treason! But jhoiada the Priest ordered out the Captains he had appointed over the force, and said to them, ‘Take her out from among the

troops! and whoever follows her, let For the Do not kill her in the House ofthe EVER-LIVING! So they laid their hand on her, and

brought her to the entrance of the Horse Gate, of the Royal Palace, and killed her there. 993 I0 II I2