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|2 Reyes 11:1|
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family.
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2
|2 Reyes 11:2|
But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram [Hebrew Joram, a variant of Jehoram] and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed.
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3
|2 Reyes 11:3|
He remained hidden with his nurse at the temple of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
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4
|2 Reyes 11:4|
In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of units of a hundred, the Carites and the guards and had them brought to him at the temple of the LORD. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath at the temple of the LORD. Then he showed them the king’s son.
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|2 Reyes 11:5|
He commanded them, saying, “This is what you are to do: You who are in the three companies that are going on duty on the Sabbath — a third of you guarding the royal palace,
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|2 Reyes 11:6|
a third at the Sur Gate, and a third at the gate behind the guard, who take turns guarding the temple —
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|2 Reyes 11:7|
and you who are in the other two companies that normally go off Sabbath duty are all to guard the temple for the king.
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|2 Reyes 11:8|
Station yourselves round the king, each man with his weapon in his hand. Anyone who approaches your ranks [Or approaches the precincts] must be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
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|2 Reyes 11:9|
The commanders of units of a hundred did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one took his men — those who were going on duty on the Sabbath and those who were going off duty — and came to Jehoiada the priest.
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|2 Reyes 11:10|
Then he gave the commanders the spears and shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of the LORD.
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