1 No sétimo ano Joiada encorajou-se e fez um acordo com os líderes dos batalhões de cem: Azarias, filho de Jeroão, Ismael, filho de Joanã, Azarias, filho de Obede, Maaséias, filho de Adaías, e Elisafate, filho de Zicri.
2 Eles percorreram todo o Judá e reuniram de todas as cidades, os levitas e os chefes das famílias israelitas. Quando chegaram a Jerusalém,
3 toda a assembléia fez um acordo com o rei no templo de Deus. Joiada lhes disse: "Reinará o filho do rei, conforme o Senhor prometeu acerca dos descendentes de Davi.
4 Vocês vão fazer o seguinte: Um terço de vocês, sacerdotes e levitas que entrarão de serviço no sábado, deverá ficar vigiando nas portas do templo;
5 um terço, no palácio real; e um terço, na porta do Alicerce; e todo o povo estará nos pátios do templo do Senhor.
6 Ninguém deverá entrar no templo do Senhor, exceto os sacerdotes e os levitas de serviço; esses podem entrar porque são consagrados, mas o povo deverá observar o que o Senhor lhes determinou.
7 Os levitas deverão posicionar-se em torno do rei, todos de armas na mão. Matem todo aquele que entrar no templo. Acompanhem o rei aonde quer que ele for".
8 Os levitas e todos os homens de Judá fizeram como o sacerdote Joiada havia ordenado. Cada um levou seus soldados, tanto os que estavam entrando de serviço no sábado como os que estavam saindo, pois o sacerdote Joiada não havia dispensado nenhuma das divisões.
9 Então ele deu aos líderes dos batalhões de cem, as lanças e os escudos grandes e pequenos que haviam pertencido ao rei Davi, e que estavam no templo de Deus.
10 Posicionou todos os homens, todos de arma na mão, em volta do rei, perto do altar e do templo, desde o lado sul até o lado norte do templo.
11 Joiada e seus filhos trouxeram o filho do rei e o coroaram; entregaram-lhe uma cópia da aliança e o proclamaram rei, ungindo-o e gritando: "Viva o rei! "
12 Quando Atalia ouviu o barulho do povo correndo e aclamando o rei, foi ao templo do Senhor, onde estava o povo.
13 Lá ela viu o rei à entrada, de pé junto à coluna. Os oficiais e tocadores de cornetas estavam ao lado do rei, e todo o povo se alegrava ao som das cornetas; os músicos com seus instrumentos musicais dirigiam os louvores. Então Atalia rasgou suas vestes e gritou: "Traição! Traição! "
14 O sacerdote Joiada ordenou aos líderes dos batalhões de cem que estavam no comando das tropas: "Levem-na para fora por entre as fileiras, e matem à espada todo que a seguir". Pois o sacerdote dissera: "Não a matem no templo do Senhor".
15 Então eles a prenderam e levaram à porta dos Cavalos, no terreno do palácio, e lá a mataram.
16 E Joiada fez um acordo pelo qual ele, o povo e o rei seriam o povo do Senhor.
17 Então todo o povo foi ao templo de Baal e o derrubou. Despedaçaram os altares e os ídolos, e mataram Matã, sacerdote de Baal, em frente dos altares.
18 E Joiada confiou a supervisão do templo do Senhor aos sacerdotes levitas, aos quais Davi tinha atribuído tarefas no templo, para apresentarem os holocaustos ao Senhor, conforme está escrito na lei de Moisés, com júbilo e cânticos, segundo as instruções de Davi.
19 Também pôs guardas nas portas do templo do Senhor para que não entrasse ninguém que de alguma forma estivesse impuro.
20 Levou consigo os líderes dos batalhões de cem, os nobres, os governantes do povo e todo o povo e, juntos, conduziram o rei do templo do Senhor ao palácio, passando pela porta superior, e instalaram o rei no trono;
21 e todo o povo se alegrou. A cidade acalmou-se depois que Atalia foi morta à espada.
1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with himself.
2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the LORD has said of the sons of David.
4 This is the thing that you shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be gatekeepers of the doors;
5 And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.
6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, except the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
7 And the Levites shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else comes into the house, he shall be put to death: but you be with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out.
8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took everyone his men that were to come on duty on the sabbath, with them that were to go off duty on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the divisions.
9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and large, and small shields, that had been king David’s, which were in the house of God.
10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, all around the king.
11 Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, Long live the king.
12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:
13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entrance, and the leaders and the trumpeters by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the army, and said unto them, Bring her forth between the ranks: and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
15 So they laid hands on her; and when she had come to the entrance of the horse gate by the king’s house, they killed her there.
16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD’S people.
17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke its altars and its images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
18 Also Jehoiada appointed the oversight of the house of the LORD to the hands of the priests, the Levites, whom David had assigned in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
19 And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in anything should enter in.
20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after they had slain Athaliah with the sword.