1 In the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds—Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri—into a covenant with him. 2 They went around in Judah and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers’ households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 3 All the assembly made a covenant with the king in God’s house. Jehoiada said to them, "Behold, the king’s son must reign, as the LORD has spoken concerning the sons of David. 4 This is the thing that you must do: a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be gatekeepers of the thresholds. 5 A third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation. All the people will be in the courts of the LORD’s house. 6 But let no one come into the LORD’s house except the priests and those who minister of the Levites. They shall come in, for they are holy, but all the people shall follow the LORD’s instructions. 7 The Levites shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand. Whoever comes into the house, let him be slain. Be with the king when he comes in and when he goes out."

8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. They each took his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath, with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest didn’t dismiss the shift. 9 Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, bucklers, and shields that had been king David’s, which were in God’s house. 10 He set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, near the altar and the house, around the king. 11 Then they brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, gave him the covenant, and made him king. Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, "Long live the king!"

12 When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the LORD’s house. 13 Then she looked, and behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, with the captains and the trumpeters by the king. All the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets. The singers also played musical instruments, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, "Treason! treason!"

14 Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, "Bring her out between the ranks; and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword." For the priest said, "Don’t kill her in the LORD’s house." 15 So they made way for her. She went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king’s house; and they killed her there.

16 Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD’s people. 17 All the people went to the house of Baal, broke it down, broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18 Jehoiada appointed the officers of the LORD’s house under the hand of the Levitical priests, whom David had distributed in the LORD’s house, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as David had ordered. 19 He set the gatekeepers at the gates of the LORD’s house, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in. 20 He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the LORD’s house. They came through the upper gate to the king’s house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom. 21 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah 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.