Joash is Hidden in the Lord's House and Then Made King |
2 Kings 11:1-21 2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks] |
When Athaliah, [Ahaziah's] mother, saw her son [Ahaziah] was dead, she arose & [killed all the royal heirs]. But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram & sister of Ahaziah, took Joash, [a.k.a. Jehoash, Ahaziah's] son, & [sneaked him away] from the king's sons, [who] were killed. |
[Jehosheba] hid [Joash] & his nurse in the [bedroom] from [queen] Athaliah, so he wasn't killed. [Joash] was [hidden] with her in the house of the Lord [for] 6 years & [Queen] Athaliah [ruled] over the land. |
The 7th year, Jehoiada sent & [had] the rulers over 100's, with the captains & the guards brought to him, into the house of the Lord. [Jehoiada] made a covenant [contract] with them & took an oath [from] them in the [Lord's] house & showed them [Joash,] the king's son. |
[Jehoiada, the priest,] commanded them, saying, This is [what] you shall do. [Those of you who are on duty in the Lord's house on the Sabbath Day,] 1/3 of you shall keep the watch [& guard] the kings' house. |
And 1/3 [of you] shall be at the gate of Sur & 1/3 [of you] at the gate behind the guard: so you can [watch over] the [Lord's] house, [so it's] not broken down. Two parts of all [of] you [who are going off duty] on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of the [Lord's] house [around] the king. |
You shall [circle] around king [Joash,] every man with his weapons in hand & [anyone who comes close] to him shall be [killed]. You [go] with the king [wherever] he [goes]. |
The captains over the 100's did all according to [what] Jehoiada, the priest, commanded. [Every captain] took his men [who were to come on duty] on the Sabbath & [the other captains] took their men [who were going off duty] on the Sabbath & came to Jehoiada, the priest. |
The priest gave king David's spears & shields that were in the [Lord's] temple to the captains over 100's. Every guard stood with his weapons in his hand [around king Joash by the altar, & formed a line] from the right corner of the temple to the left corner. |
[Jehoiada] brought [out Joash,] the king's son & put the crown on him & gave him the Testimony [10 Commandments & laws] & they made him king & anointed him & they clapped their hands & said, God save the king. |
When, [Queen] Athaliah heard the noise [by] the guards & the people, she went into the [Lord's] temple & came to the people. When she looked, she [saw that] the king stood by the [column, like the custom] was, & the princes & trumpeters [were] by the king. All the people of the land rejoiced & blew with trumpets. |
[Queen] Athiliah [tore] her clothes & cried [out], Treason, Treason. But Joiada, the priest, had commanded the captains & the officers of the [army & told] them, [Take her outside] & the [person who] follows her [shall] kill her with the sword. The priest [had] said, [Don't] let her be [killed] in the [Lord's] house. |
They [seized Athaliah when] she went [where] the horses [entered the path of] the king's house & they killed her there. Jehoiada made a covenant [contract] between the Lord, the king & the people, [so] they [would] be the Lord's people. Also, between the king & the people. |
All the people of the land went into the house of Baal [a false god] & [broke] it down. They broke down [its] altars & images [idols], into small pieces & [killed] Mattan, [Baal's] priest, in front of] the altars. |
[Jehoiada, the Lord God's] priest, appointed officers over the [Lord's] house. He took the rulers over 100's, the captains, the [guards] & all the people of the land & they brought down king [Joash] from the [Lord's] house & came by the [gate entrance] of the guard's [path] to the king's house. |
And [Joash] sat on the [king's] throne. And the city was quiet & Athaliah was [struck down by] the sword beside the king's house. [Joash, a.k.a. Jehoash] was 7 years old when he began to [rule]. |