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| 2 Kings 11:1 |
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And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw
that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. |
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| 2 Kings 11:2 |
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But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister
of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's
sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber
from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. |
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| 2 Kings 11:3 |
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And he was with her hid in the house of the
LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. |
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| 2 Kings 11:4 |
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And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched
the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to
him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath
of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son. |
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| 2 Kings 11:5 |
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And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing
that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even
be keepers of the watch of the king's house; |
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| 2 Kings 11:6 |
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And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur;
and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the
house, that it be not broken down. |
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| 2 Kings 11:7 |
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And two parts of all you that go forth on the
sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. |
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| 2 Kings 11:8 |
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And ye shall compass the king round about, every
man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him
be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. |
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| 2 Kings 11:9 |
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And the captains over the hundreds did according
to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his
men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath,
and came to Jehoiada the priest. |
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| 2 Kings 11:10 |
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And to the captains over hundreds did the priest
give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. |
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| 2 Kings 11:11 |
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And the guard stood, every man with his weapons
in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the
left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. |
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| 2 Kings 11:12 |
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And he brought forth the king's son, and put
the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed
him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. |
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| 2 Kings 11:13 |
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And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard
and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. |
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| 2 Kings 11:14 |
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And when she looked, behold, the king stood
by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king,
and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah
rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. |
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| 2 Kings 11:15 |
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But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains
of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth
without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest
had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. |
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| 2 Kings 11:16 |
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And they laid hands on her; and she went by
the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she
slain. |
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| 2 Kings 11:17 |
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And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD
and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the
king also and the people. |
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| 2 Kings 11:18 |
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And all the people of the land went into the
house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces
thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest
appointed officers over the house of the LORD. |
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| 2 Kings 11:19 |
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And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the
captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down
the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard
to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. |
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| 2 Kings 11:20 |
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And all the people of the land rejoiced, and
the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's
house. |
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| 2 Kings 11:21 |
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Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to
reign. |
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