1 Porém no sétimo ano Joiada se animou, e tomou consigo em aliança os chefes de cem, a Azarias, filho de Jeroão, a Ismael, filho de Joanã, a Azarias, filho de Obede, a Maaséias, filho de Adaías, e a Elisafate, filho de Zicri.
2 Estes percorreram a Judá e ajuntaram os levitas de todas as cidades de Judá e os chefes 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 Isto é o que haveis de fazer; uma terça parte de vós, ou seja, dos sacerdotes e dos levitas que entram no sábado, serão guardas das portas;
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 são santos; mas todo o povo fará a guarda diante do Senhor.
7 E os levitas cercarão o rei de todos os lados, cada um com as suas armas na mão; e qualquer que entrar na casa será morto; porém vós estareis com o rei, quando entrar e quando sair.
8 E fizeram os levitas e todo o Judá conforme a tudo o que ordenara o sacerdote Joiada; e tomou cada um os seus homens, tanto os que entravam no sábado como os que saíam no sábado; porque o sacerdote Joiada não tinha despedido as turmas.
9 Também o sacerdote Joiada deu aos capitàes de cem as lanças, os escudos e as rodelas que foram do rei Davi, os quais estavam na casa de Deus.
10 E dispôs todo o povo, a cada um com as suas armas na mão, desde o lado direito da casa até o lado esquerdo da casa, do lado do altar e da casa, em redor do rei.
11 Então tiraram para fora ao filho do rei, e lhe puseram a coroa; 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 concorria e louvava o rei, veio ao povo, à casa do Senhor.
13 E olhou, e eis que o rei estava junto à coluna, à entrada, e os pri ncipes e as trombetas junto ao rei; e todo o povo da terra estava alegre e tocava as trombetas; e também os cantores tocavam instrumentos musicais, e dirigiam o cantar de louvores; então Atalia rasgou os seus vestidos, e clamou: Traição, traição!
14 Porém o sacerdote Joiada trouxe para fora os centuriões 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 mateis na casa do Senhor.
15 E lançaram mão dela; e ela foi pelo caminho da entrada da porta dos cavalos, à casa do rei, e ali a mataram.
16 E Joiada fez aliança entre si e o povo e o rei, para que fossem o povo do Senhor.
17 Depois todo o povo entrou na casa de Baal, e a derrubaram, e 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, sob a direção dos sacerdotes 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 nela não entrasse ninguém imundo em coisa alguma.
20 E tomou os centuriões, os poderosos, 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 passando pela porta maior, e assentaram-no no trono real.
21 E todo o povo da terra se alegrou, e a cidade ficou em paz, depois que mataram a Atalia 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 him. 2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 3 And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the sons of David. 4 This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds; 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 Jehovah. 6 But let none come into the house of Jehovah, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the charge of Jehovah. 7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever cometh into the house, let him be slain: and 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, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. 9 And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were in the house of God. 10 And 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, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. 11 Then they brought out the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony, and made him king: and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said, Long live the king.
12 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah: 13 and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also played on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason! treason! 14 And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword: for the priest said, Slay her not in the house of Jehovah. 15 So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king’s house: and they slew her there.
16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah’s people. 17 And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18 And Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David. 19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that 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 Jehovah: and they came through the upper gate unto the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 21 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And Athaliah they had slain with the sword.