1 Vendo Atalia, mãe de Acazias, que seu filho era morto, levantou-se e destruiu toda a descendência real. 2 Mas Jeoseba, filha do rei Jorão e irmã de Acazias, tomou a Joás, filho de Acazias, e o furtou dentre os filhos do rei, aos quais matavam, e pôs a ele e a sua ama numa câmara interior; e, assim, o esconderam de Atalia, e não foi morto. 3 Jeoseba o teve escondido na Casa do Senhor seis anos; neste tempo, Atalia reinava sobre a terra.

4 No sétimo ano, mandou Joiada chamar os capitães dos cários e da guarda e os fez entrar à sua presença na Casa do Senhor; fez com eles aliança, e ajuramentou-os na Casa do Senhor, e lhes mostrou o filho do rei. 5 Então, lhes deu ordem, dizendo: Esta é a obra que haveis de fazer: uma terça parte de vós, que entrais no sábado, fará a guarda da casa do rei; 6 e outra terça parte estará ao portão Sur; e a outra terça parte, ao portão detrás da guarda; assim, fareis a guarda e defesa desta casa. 7 Os dois grupos que saem no sábado, estes todos farão a guarda da Casa do Senhor, junto ao rei. 8 Rodeareis o rei, cada um de armas na mão, e qualquer que pretenda penetrar nas fileiras, seja morto; estareis com o rei quando sair e quando entrar. 9 Fizeram, pois, os capitães de cem segundo tudo quanto lhes ordenara o sacerdote Joiada; tomaram cada um os seus homens, tanto os que entravam como os que saíam no sábado, e vieram ao sacerdote Joiada. 10 O sacerdote entregou aos capitães de cem as lanças e os escudos que haviam sido do rei Davi e estavam na Casa do Senhor. 11 Os da guarda se puseram, cada um de armas na mão, desde o lado direito da casa real até ao lado esquerdo, e até ao altar, e até ao templo, para rodear o rei. 12 Então, Joiada fez sair o filho do rei, pôs-lhe a coroa e lhe deu o Livro do Testemunho; eles o constituíram rei, e o ungiram, e bateram palmas, e gritaram: Viva o rei!

13 Ouvindo Atalia o clamor dos da guarda e do povo, veio para onde este se achava na Casa do Senhor. 14 Olhou, e eis que o rei estava junto à coluna, segundo o costume, e os capitães e os tocadores de trombetas, junto ao rei, e todo o povo da terra se alegrava, e se tocavam trombetas. Então, Atalia rasgou os seus vestidos e clamou: Traição! Traição! 15 Porém o sacerdote Joiada deu ordem aos capitães que comandavam as tropas e disse-lhes: Fazei-a sair por entre as fileiras; se alguém a seguir, matai-o à espada. Porque o sacerdote tinha dito: Não a matem na Casa do Senhor. 16 Lançaram mão dela; e ela, pelo caminho da entrada dos cavalos, foi à casa do rei, onde a mataram.

17 Joiada fez aliança entre o Senhor, e o rei, e o povo, para serem eles o povo do Senhor; como também entre o rei e o povo. 18 Então, todo o povo da terra entrou na casa de Baal, e a derribaram; despedaçaram os seus altares e as suas imagens e a Matã, sacerdote de Baal, mataram perante os altares; então, o sacerdote pôs guardas sobre a Casa do Senhor. 19 Tomou os capitães dos cários, os da guarda e todo o povo da terra, e todos estes conduziram da Casa do Senhor o rei e, pelo caminho da porta dos da guarda, vieram à casa real; e Joás sentou-se no trono dos reis. 20 Alegrou-se todo o povo da terra, e a cidade ficou tranquila, depois que mataram Atalia à espada, junto à casa do rei. 21 Era Joás da idade de sete anos quando o fizeram rei.

1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king' sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king' son.

5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king' house;

6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall you keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

8 And you shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that comes within the ranges, let him be slain: and be you with the king as he goes out and as he comes in.

9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada 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 Jehoiada the priest.

10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David' spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

11 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.

12 And he brought forth the king' son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.

14 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.

15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said to them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that follows her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king' house: and there was she slain.

17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD' people; between the king also and the people.

18 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 the LORD.

19 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 the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king' house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king' house.

21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.