1 And, in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the rulers of hundredseven Azariah son of Jeroham, and Ishmael son of Jehohanan, and Azariah son of Obed, and Maaseiah son of Adaiah and Elishaphat son of Zichriunto himself, in covenant.2 And they went round throughout Judah, and gathered together the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the ancestral chiefs of Israel,and they came into Jerusalem.3 And all the convocation solemnised a covenant in the house of God, with the king,and he said to them, Lo! the kings son must reign, as spake Yahweh concerning the sons of David.4 This, is the thing that ye shall do,A third of you entering on the sabbath, both of the priests and of the Levites, as doorkeepers of the porch;5 and a third, being in the house of the king, and a third, at the foundation gate,and all the people, being in the courts of the house of Yahweh,6 then let no one enter the house of Yahweh, save only the priests, and they who are in attendance of the Levites, they, may enter, for, holy, they are,-but, all the people, shall keep the watch of Yahweh.7 So shall the Levites encompass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand, and, he that entereth into the house, shall be put to death. Thus be ye with the king, when he cometh in and when he goeth out.8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they took every man his men, who were coming in on the sabbath, with them who were going out on the sabbath,for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.9 And Jehoiada the priest gave unto the captains of hundreds, the spears and the bucklers and the shields, which belonged to King David,which were in the house of God.10 And be caused all the people to stand, even every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right corner of the house as far as the left corner of the house, by the altar and the house,near the king round about.11 Then brought they forth the kings son, and set upon him the crown and the testimony, and made him king,and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, May the king live!12 Now, when Athaliah heard the noise of the people who were running, and those who were praising the king,then came she unto the people in the house of Yahweh;13 and looked, and lo! the king, standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and blowing with trumpets, and the singers, with instruments of song, and such as led the offering of praise, then Athaliah rent her garments, and said, Conspiracy! conspiracy!14 Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds, officers of the force, and said unto them, Take her forth within the ranks, and he that cometh in after her let him be slain with the sword,for, said the priest, Ye must not slay her in the house of Yahweh!15 So they made way for her, and she came into the entrance of the horse-gate of the house of the king,and they slew her there.16 And Jehoiada solemnised a covenant, between himself and all the people, and the king,that they should become a people unto Yahweh.17 Then all the people entered into the house of Baal and brake it down, and, his altars and his images, brake they in pieces,and, Mattan the priest of Baal, they slew, before the altars.18 And Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of Yahweh into the hand of the priests and the Levites, whom David set by courses over the house of Yahweh, that they might offer up the ascending-sacrifices of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with song,under the direction of David.19 And he caused gatekeepers to stand, at the gates of the house of Yahweh,that no one who was unclean should, on any account, enter.20 Then took he the captains of hundredsand the noblesand the rulers over the peopleand all the people of the land, and brought down the king out of the house of Yahweh, and they entered, through the midst of the upper gate, into the house of the king,and they seated the king, upon the throne of the kingdom.21 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and, the city, was quiet,when, Athaliah, they had slain with the sword.

1 Porém, no sétimo ano, Joiada se esforçou e tomou consigo em aliança os chefes das centenas: Azarias, filho de Jeroão, e Ismael, filho de Joanã, e Azarias, filho de Obede, e Maaseias, filho de Adaías, e Elisafate, filho de Zicri. 2 Estes rodearam Judá, e ajuntaram os levitas de todas as cidades de Judá e os cabeças dos pais de Israel, e vieram para Jerusalém. 3 E toda aquela congregação fez aliança com o rei na Casa de Deus; e Joiada lhes disse: Eis que o filho do rei reinará, como o Senhor falou a respeito dos filhos de Davi. 4 Esta é a coisa que haveis de fazer: uma terça parte de vós, sacerdotes e levitas que entram de sábado, será formada de porteiros; 5 e uma terça parte estará na casa do rei, e a outra terça parte, à porta do fundamento; e todo o povo estará nos pátios da Casa do Senhor. 6 Porém ninguém entre na Casa do Senhor, senão os sacerdotes e os levitas que ministram; estes entrarão porque santos são; mas todo o povo guardará o preceito do Senhor. 7 E os levitas rodearão ao rei, cada um com as armas na mão; e qualquer que entrar na casa morrerá; porém vós estareis com o rei quando entrar e quando sair.

8 E fizeram os levitas e todo o Judá conforme tudo o que ordenara o sacerdote Joiada; e tomou cada um os seus homens, os que entravam no sábado com os que saíam no sábado; porque o sacerdote Joiada não tinha despedido as turmas. 9 Também o sacerdote Joiada deu aos chefes das centenas as lanças, e os escudos, e as rodelas que foram do rei Davi, os quais estavam na Casa de Deus. 10 E dispôs todo o povo, e a cada um com as armas na mão, desde a banda direita da casa até à banda esquerda da casa, da banda do altar e da casa, à roda do rei. 11 Então, tiraram para fora ao filho do rei, e lhe puseram a coroa, e deram-lhe o testemunho, e o fizeram rei; e Joiada e seus filhos o ungiram e disseram: Viva o rei!

12 Ouvindo, pois, Atalia a voz do povo, que corria para louvar o rei, veio ao povo à Casa do Senhor. 13 E olhou, e eis que o rei estava perto da sua coluna, à entrada, e os chefes e as trombetas, junto ao rei; e todo o povo da terra estava alegre e tocava as trombetas; e também os cantores tocavam instrumentos músicos e davam a entender que se deviam cantar louvores; então, Atalia rasgou as suas vestes e clamou: Traição, traição! 14 Porém o sacerdote Joiada tirou para fora os capitães que estavam postos sobre o exército e disse-lhes: Tirai-a para fora das fileiras, e o que a seguir morrerá à espada; porque dissera o sacerdote: Não a matareis na Casa do Senhor. 15 E eles lhe lançaram as mãos, e ela foi à entrada da Porta dos Cavalos, da casa do rei; e ali a mataram.

16 E Joiada fez aliança entre si, e o povo, e o rei, para serem eles o povo do Senhor. 17 Depois, todo o povo entrou na casa de Baal e a derribou; eles quebraram os seus altares e as suas imagens e a Matã, sacerdote de Baal, mataram diante dos altares. 18 E Joiada ordenou os ofícios na Casa do Senhor, debaixo das mãos dos sacerdotes, os levitas a quem Davi designara na Casa do Senhor para oferecerem os holocaustos do Senhor, como está escrito na Lei de Moisés, com alegria e com canto, conforme a instituição de Davi. 19 E pôs porteiros às portas da Casa do Senhor, para que não entrasse nela ninguém imundo em coisa alguma. 20 E Joiada tomou os capitães de cem, e os poderosos, e os que tinham domínio entre o povo e todo o povo da terra, e conduziram o rei da Casa do Senhor, e entraram na casa do rei pela porta maior, e assentaram o rei no trono do reino. 21 E todo o povo da terra se alegrou, e a cidade ficou em paz, depois que mataram Atalia à espada.