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, irmã de Acazias, tomou a Joás, filho de Acazias, e do meio dos filhos do rei que foram mortos furtou-o com sua ama, e pô-los na câmara; esconderam-no de Atalia, de maneira que não foi morto.
3 Esteve com ela escondido seis anos na casa de Jeová; e Atalia reinou sobre a terra.
4 No sétimo ano enviou Joiada e mandou vir os centuriões dos caritas e da guarda, e fê-los entrar à sua presença na casa de Jeová; fez com eles aliança e, ajuramentando-os na casa de Jeová, mostrou-lhes o filho do rei.
5 Ordenou-lhes, dizendo: Esta é a coisa 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 ficará à porta de Sur; e a outra terça parte à porta detrás do quartel da guarda. Assim fareis a guarda da casa, e servireis de barreira.
7 As duas companhias, a saber, todos os que saem no sábado, farão a guarda da casa de Jeová junto ao rei.
8 Rodeareis o rei, cada um com as suas armas na mão; e aquele que entrar dentro das fileiras, seja morto. Estai com o rei quando sair e quando entrar.
9 Fizeram os centuriões conforme tudo o que ordenara o sacerdote Joiada. Tomando cada um os seus homens, os que haviam de entrar no sábado juntamente com os que haviam de sair no sábado, vieram ter com o sacerdote Joiada.
10 O sacerdote entregou aos centuriões as lanças e os escudos que haviam sido do rei Davi, os quais estavam na casa de Jeová.
11 Os da guarda puseram-se à roda do rei, cada um com as armas na mão, desde o lado direito até o lado esquerdo da casa, ao longo do altar e da casa.
12 Então Joiada lhes apresentou o filho do rei, pôs-lhe a coroa e deu-lhe o testemunho. Eles o constituíram rei e o ungiram; bateram as mãos e disseram: Viva o rei.
13 Ouvindo Atalia o clamor da guarda e do povo, entrou ao povo na casa de Jeová;
14 olhou, e eis que o rei estava junto à coluna, como era o costume, e os capitães e as trombetas perto do rei; todo o povo da terra estava alegre e tocava as trombetas. Atalia rasgou os seus vestidos, e gritou: Traição, traição.
15 Joiada, o sacerdote, ordenou aos centuriões que comandavam as tropas e disse-lhes: Levai-a para fora das fileiras; aquele que a seguir, matai-o à espada, porque o sacerdote disse: Não seja ela morta na casa de Jeová.
16 Abriram caminho para ela; ela foi pelo caminho da entrada dos cavalos à casa do rei; e ali foi morta.
17 Joiada fez aliança entre Jeová e o rei e o povo, para serem eles o povo de Jeová; também fez aliança entre o rei e o povo.
18 Todo o povo da terra foi à casa de Baal, e a derrubaram; fizeram em pedaços os altares e as imagens de Baal, e mataram a Matã, sacerdote de Baal, diante dos altares. O sacerdote pôs oficiais sobre a casa de Jeová.
19 Tomou os centuriões, os caritas, os da guarda e todo o povo da terra; conduziram da casa de Jeová o rei e foram à casa do rei pelo caminho da porta dos da guarda. O rei sentou-se sobre o trono dos reis.
20 E todo o povo da terra se alegrou, e a cidade ficou em paz; e mataram a Atalia à espada na casa do rei.
21 Tinha Jeoás sete anos quando começou a reinar.
1 And Athaliah [is] mother of Ahaziah, and she hath seen that her son [is] dead, and she riseth, and destroyeth all the seed of the kingdom;
2 and Jehosheba daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, taketh Joash son of Ahaziah, and stealeth him out of the midst of the sons of the king who are put to death, him and his nurse, in the inner part of the bed-chambers, and they hide him from the presence of Athaliah, and he hath not been put to death,
3 and he is with her, in the house of Jehovah, hiding himself, six years, and Athaliah is reigning over the land.
4 And in the seventh year hath Jehoiada sent and taketh the heads of the hundreds, of the executioners and of the runners, and bringeth them in unto him, to the house of Jehovah, and maketh with them a covenant, and causeth them to swear in the house of Jehovah, and sheweth them the son of the king,
5 and commandeth them, saying, `This [is] the thing that ye do; The third of you [are] going in on the sabbath, and keepers of the charge of the house of the king,
6 and the third [is] at the gate of Sur, and the third at the gate behind the runners, and ye have kept the charge of the house pulled down;
7 and two parts of you, all going out on the sabbath -- they have kept the charge of the house of Jehovah about the king,
8 and ye have compassed the king round about, each with his weapons in his hand, and he who is coming unto the ranges is put to death; and be ye with the king in his going out and in his coming in.`
9 And the heads of the hundreds do according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and take each his men going in on the sabbath, with those going out on the sabbath, and come in unto Jehoiada the priest,
10 and the priest giveth to the heads of the hundreds the spears and the shields that king David had, that [are] in the house of Jehovah.
11 And the runners stand, each with his weapons in his hand, from the right shoulder of the house unto the left shoulder of the house, by the altar and by the house, by the king round about;
12 and he bringeth out the son of the king, and putteth on him the crown, and the testimony, and they make him king, and anoint him, and smite the hand, and say, `Let the king live.`
13 And Athaliah heareth the voice of the runners [and] of the people, and she cometh in unto the people, to the house of Jehovah,
14 and looketh, and lo, the king is standing by the pillar, according to the ordinance, and the heads, and the trumpets, [are] by the king, and all the people of the land are rejoicing, and blowing with trumpets, and Athaliah rendeth her garments, and calleth, `Conspiracy! conspiracy!`
15 And Jehoiada the priest commandeth the heads of the hundreds, inspectors of the force, and saith unto them, `Bring her out unto the outside of the ranges, and him who is going after her, put to death by the sword:` for the priest had said, `Let her not be put to death in the house of Jehovah.`
16 And they make for her sides, and she entereth the way of the entering in of the horses to the house of the king, and is put to death there.
17 And Jehoiada maketh the covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, to be for a people to Jehovah, and between the king and the people.
18 And all the people of the land go in to the house of Baal, and break it down, its altars and its images they have thoroughly broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars; and the priest setteth inspectors over the house of Jehovah,
19 and taketh the heads of the hundreds, and the executioners, and the runners, and all the people of the land, and they bring down the king from the house of Jehovah, and come by the way of the gate of the runners, to the house of the king, and he sitteth on the throne of the kings.
20 And all the people of the land rejoice, and the city [is] quiet, and Athaliah they have put to death by the sword in the house of the king;
21 a son of seven years is Jehoash in his reigning.