1Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal seed. 2But 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 killed, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not killed; 3And he was hidden with her in the house of Yehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land. 4And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Yehovah; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath from them in the house of Yehovah, and showed them the king’s son. 5And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do: a third of you, who come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house; 6and a third shall be at the gate Sur; and a third at the gate behind the guard: so shall you keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier. 7And the two companies of you, even all who go out on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Yehovah around the king. 8And you shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks, let him be killed: and be with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in. 9And the captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and each man took his men, those who were to come in on the sabbath, with those who were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David’s, which were in the house of Yehovah. 11And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, around the king. 12Then he brought out 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, Long live the king. 13And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the house of Yehovah: 14and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason! 15And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were set over the host, and said to them, Bring her out between the ranks; and him who follows her kill with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be killed in the house of Yehovah. 16So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses’ entry to the king’s house: and there she was killed. 17And Jehoiada made a covenant between Yehovah and the king and the people, that they should be Yehovah’s people; between the king also and the people. 18And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of Yehovah. 19And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Yehovah, 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. 20So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And Athaliah they had killed with the sword at the king’s house. 21Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.