1 Vendo, pois, 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, furtando-o dentre os filhos do rei, aos quais matavam, e o pôs, a ele e à sua ama na recâmara, e o escondeu de Atalia, e assim não o mataram.
3 E esteve com ela escondido na casa do Senhor seis anos; e Atalia reinava sobre o país.
4 E no sétimo ano enviou Joiada, e tomou os centuriões, com os capitães, e com os da guarda, e os colocou consigo na casa do Senhor; e fez com eles uma aliança e ajuramentou-os na casa do Senhor; e mostrou-lhes o filho do rei.
5 E deu-lhes ordem, dizendo: Isto é o que haveis de fazer: Uma terça parte de vós, que entrais no sábado, fará a guarda da casa do rei.
6 E outra terça parte estará à porta de Sur; e a outra terça parte à porta detrás dos da guarda; assim fareis a guarda desta casa, afastando a todos.
7 E as duas partes de vós, a saber, todos os que saem no sábado, farão a guarda da casa do Senhor junto ao rei.
8 E rodeareis o rei, cada um com as suas armas na mão, e aquele que entrar entre as fileiras o matarão; e vós estareis com o rei quando sair e quando entrar.
9 Fizeram, pois, os centuriões conforme tudo quanto ordenara o sacerdote Joiada, tomando cada um os seus homens, tanto os que entravam no sábado como os que saíam no sábado; e foram ao sacerdote Joiada.
10 E o sacerdote deu aos centuriões as lanças e os escudos que haviam sido do rei Davi, que estavam na casa do Senhor.
11 E os da guarda se puseram, cada um com as armas na mão, desde o lado direito da casa até ao lado esquerdo da casa, do lado do altar, e do lado da casa, em redor do rei.
12 Então Joiada fez sair o filho do rei, e lhe pôs a coroa, e lhe deu o testemunho; e o fizeram rei, e o ungiram, e bateram as palmas, e disseram: Viva o rei!
13 E Atalia, ouvindo a voz dos da guarda e do povo, foi ter com o povo, na casa do Senhor.
14 E olhou, e eis que o rei estava junto à coluna, conforme o costume, e os príncipes e os trombeteiros junto ao rei, e todo o povo da terra estava alegre e tocava as trombetas; então Atalia rasgou as suas vestes, e clamou: Traição! Traição!
15 Porém o sacerdote Joiada deu ordem aos centuriões que comandavam as tropas, dizendo-lhes: Tirai-a para fora das fileiras, e a quem a seguir matai-o à espada. Porque o sacerdote disse: Não a matem na casa do Senhor.
16 E lançaram mão dela; e ela foi, pelo caminho da entrada dos cavalos, à casa do rei, e ali a mataram.
17 E Joiada fez uma aliança entre o Senhor e o rei e o povo, para que fosse o povo do Senhor; como também entre o rei e o povo.
18 Então todo o povo da terra entrou na casa de Baal, e a derrubaram, como também os seus altares, e as suas imagens, totalmente quebraram, e a Matã, sacerdote de Baal, mataram diante dos altares; então o sacerdote pôs oficiais sobre a casa do Senhor.
19 E tomou os centuriões, e os capitães, e os da guarda, e todo o povo da terra; e conduziram da casa do Senhor, o rei, e foram, pelo caminho da porta dos da guarda, à casa do rei, e ele se assentou no trono dos reis.
20 E todo o povo da terra se alegrou, e a cidade repousou, depois que mataram a Atalia, à espada, junto à casa do rei,
21 Era Joás da idade de sete anos quando o fizeram rei.
1 Now when Athali'ah the mother of Ahazi'ah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family.
2 But Jehosh'eba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahazi'ah, took Jo'ash the son of Ahazi'ah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were about to be slain, and she put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. Thus she hid him from Athali'ah, so that he was not slain;
3 and he remained with her six years, hid in the house of the LORD, while Athali'ah reigned over the land.
4 But in the seventh year Jehoi'ada sent and brought the captains of the Carites and of the guards, and had them come to him in the house of the LORD; and he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the LORD, and he showed them the king's son.
5 And he commanded them, "This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, those who come off duty on the sabbath and guard the king's house
6 (another third being at the gate Sur and a third at the gate behind the guards), shall guard the palace;
7 and the two divisions of you, which come on duty in force on the sabbath and guard the house of the LORD,
8 shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever approaches the ranks is to be slain. Be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in."
9 The captains did according to all that Jehoi'ada the priest commanded, and each brought his men who were to go off duty on the sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the sabbath, and came to Jehoi'ada the priest.
10 And the priest delivered to the captains the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of the LORD;
11 and the guards stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house.
12 Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they proclaimed him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, "Long live the king!"
13 When Athali'ah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she went into the house of the LORD to the people;
14 and when she looked, there was the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets. And Athali'ah rent her clothes, and cried, "Treason! Treason!"
15 Then Jehoi'ada the priest commanded the captains who were set over the army, "Bring her out between the ranks; and slay with the sword any one who follows her." For the priest said, "Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD."
16 So they laid hands on her; and she went through the horses' entrance to the king's house, and there she was slain.
17 And Jehoi'ada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and people, that they should be the LORD's people; and also between the king and the people.
18 Then all the people of the land went to the house of Ba'al, and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they slew Mattan the priest of Ba'al before the altars. And the priest posted watchmen over the house of the LORD.
19 And he took the captains, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, marching through the gate of the guards to the king's house. And he took his seat on the throne of the kings.
20 So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet after Athali'ah had been slain with the sword at the king's house.
21 Jeho'ash was seven years old when he began to reign.