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The Usurpation of Athaliah and the Hidden Heir
And when Athaliah the mother of Achazyahu saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
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The Preservation in the Sanctuary
But Yehosheba, the daughter of king Yoram, sister of Achazyahu, took Yoash the son of Achazyahu, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
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And he was with her hid in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
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The Seventh Year Conspiracy
And the seventh year Yahuyada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and showed them the king's son.
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The Strategic Deployment of the Guard
And he commanded them, saying, "This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;"
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"And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down."
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"And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 about the king."
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"And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be put to death: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in."
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And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Yahuyada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Yahuyada the priest.
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The Arming with Dawid's Weapons
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king Dawid's spears and shields, that were in the temple of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
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And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
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The Coronation of Yoash
And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, "Alahiym save the king."
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The Interruption of the Queen
And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
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And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, "Treason, Treason."
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The Execution Outside the Sanctuary
But Yahuyada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, "Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword." For the priest had said, "Let her not be slain in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄."
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And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
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The Covenant Renewal
And Yahuyada made a covenant between 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 and the king and the people, that they should be 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄's people; between the king also and the people.
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The Destruction of the Baal Matrix
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
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The King Ascends the Throne
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
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And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
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Seven years old was Yehoash when he began to reign.