1 Vendo pois Atalia, mãe de Acazias, que seu filho era morto, levantou-se, e destruiu toda a descendência real.
2 Mas Jeoseba, filha do rei Jorão, irmã de Acazias, tomou a Joás, filho de Acazias, furtando-o dentre os filhos do rei, aos quais matavam na recâmara, e o escondeu de Ataliá, a ele e à sua ama, de sorte que não o mataram.
3 E esteve com ela escondido na casa do Senhor seis anos; e Atalia reinava sobre o país.
4 No sétimo ano, porém, Jeoiada mandou chamar os centuriões dos caritas e os oficiais da guarda, e fê-los entrar consigo na casa do Senhor; e fez com eles um pacto e, ajuramentando-os na casa do Senhor, mostrou-lhes o filho do rei.
5 Então lhes ordenou, dizendo: Eis aqui o que haveis de fazer: uma terça parte de vós, os que entrais no sábado, fará a guarda da casa do rei;
6 outra terça parte estará à porta Sur; e a outra terça parte à porta detrás dos da guarda. Assim fareis a guarda desta casa, afastando a todos.
7 As duas companhias, a saber, todos os que saem no sábado, farão a guarda da casa do Senhor junto ao rei;
8 e rodeareis o rei, cada um com as suas armas na mão, e aquele que entrar dentro das fileiras, seja morto; e estai vós com o rei quando sair e quando entrar.
9 Fizeram, pois, os centuriões conforme tudo quanto ordenara o sacerdote Jeoiada; e tomando cada um os seus homens, tanto os que entravam no sábado como os que saíam no sábado, vieram ter com o sacerdote Jeoiada.
10 O sacerdote entregou aos centuriões as lanças e os escudos que haviam sido do rei Davi, e que estavam na casa do Senhor.
11 E os da guarda, cada um com as armas na mão, se puseram em volta do rei, desde o lado direito da casa até o lado esquerdo, ao longo do altar e da casa.
12 Então Jeoiada lhes apresentou o filho do rei, pôs-lhe a coroa, e lhe deu o testemunho; e o fizeram rei e o ungiram e, batendo palmas, clamaram: Viva o rei!
13 Quando Atalia ouviu o vozerio da guarda e do povo, foi ter com o povo na casa do Senhor;
14 e olhou, e eis que o rei estava junto à coluna, conforme o costume, e os capitães e os trombeteiros junto ao rei; e todo o povo da terra se alegrava e tocava trombetas. Então Atalia rasgou os seus vestidos, e clamou: Traição! Traição!
15 Então Jeoiada, o sacerdote, deu ordem aos centuriões que comandavam as tropas, dizendo-lhes: Tirai-a para fora por entre as fileiras, e a quem a seguir matai-o à espada. Pois o sacerdote dissera: Não seja ela morta na casa do Senhor.
16 E lançaram-lhe as mãos e ela foi pelo caminho da entrada dos cavalos à casa do rei, e ali a mataram.
17 Ora, Jeoiada firmou um pacto entre o Senhor e o rei e o povo, pelo qual este seria o povo do Senhor; como também firmou pacto entre o rei e o povo.
18 Então todo o povo da terra entrou na casa de Baal, e a derrubaram; como também os seus altares, e as suas imagens, totalmente quebraram; e a Matã, sacerdote de Baal, mataram diante dos altares. Também o sacerdote pôs vigias sobre a casa do Senhor.
19 E tomou os centuriões, os caritas, a guarda, e todo o povo da terra; e conduziram da casa do Senhor o rei, e foram pelo caminho da porta da guarda, à casa do rei; e ele se assentou no trono dos reis.
20 E todo o povo da terra se alegrou, e a cidade ficou em paz, depois que mataram Atalia à espada junto à casa do rei.
21 Joás tinha sete anos quando começou a reinar.
1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose up and destroyed all the royal seed.
2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, {and hid} him and his nurse in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
3 And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.
4 And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains of the hundreds, of the bodyguard and the couriers, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and shewed them the king's son.
5 And he commanded them saying, This is the thing which ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
6 and a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the couriers; and ye shall keep the watch of the house for a defence.
7 And the two parts of you, all those that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king.
8 And ye shall encompass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that comes within the ranks shall be put to death; and ye shall be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in.
9 And the captains of the hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go forth on the sabbath, and they came to Jehoiada the priest.
10 And the priest gave to the captains of the hundreds king David's spears and shields which were in the house of Jehovah.
11 And the couriers stood by the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, toward the altar and the house.
12 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, Long live the king!
13 And Athaliah heard the noise of the couriers {and} of the people; and she came to the people into the house of Jehovah.
14 And she looked, and behold, the king stood on the dais, according to the custom, and the princes and the trumpeters were by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. And Athaliah rent her garments and cried, Conspiracy! Conspiracy!
15 And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds that were set over the host, and said to them, Lead her forth without the ranks; and whosoever follows her, slay with the sword; for the priest said, Let her not be put to death in the house of Jehovah.
16 And they made way for her, and she went by the way by which the horses entered the king's house, and there was she put to death.
17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be the people of Jehovah; and between the king and the people.
18 Then all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and broke it down: his altars and his images they broke in pieces completely, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of Jehovah.
19 And he took the captains of the hundreds, and the bodyguard, and the couriers, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way through the gate of the couriers into the king's house. And he sat upon the throne of the kings.
20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet; and they had slain Athaliah with the sword {beside} the king's house.
21 Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.