1And Thalia the mother of Ekhazyah saw that her son was dead, and she arose and she destroyed all the seed of the kingdom. 2And Yushba, daughter of King Yuram, the sister of Ekhazyah, brought Yuash son of Ekhazyah and stole him from among the sons of the King who were killed, and she hid him and his nurse in the bedroom where she slept, and she hid him from before Thalyah and he did not die. 3And he was hidden with her in the house of LORD JEHOVAH for six years, and Thalia reigned over the land.

4And in the seventh year, Yawida the Priest sent and he took the Captains of hundreds and the Couriers and the Runners and brought them to him to the house of LORD JEHOVAH, and he covenanted with them in the house of LORD JEHOVAH, and he covenanted with them a covenant and he swore with them an oath and he showed them the son of the King. 5And he commanded them and said to them: “This is the matter that you shall do: a third of you in entering the Sabbath shall be keeping watch of the house of the King 6And a third in the gate of Qarsa, and a third in the gate of the house of Couriers, and keep guard of the house from harm. 7And two parts of you in all the goings forth of the Sabbath keep guard of the house of LORD JEHOVAH with that of the house of the King. 8And surround the King, each man with his weapon in his hand, and he who enters the ranks shall die, and be with the King in his going out and in his entering.

9And the Captains of hundreds did as Yawida the Priest commanded them, and each man took his men in entering the Sabbath with the goings forth of the Sabbath, and they came to Yawida the Priest. 10And the Priest gave spears and quivers of King David to those Captains of hundreds in the house of LORD JEHOVAH. 11And the Foot Guards stood, each man and his weapons in his hand at the side of the house, at the right hand and unto the side of the house at the left, and they surrounded the altar and the house of the King. 12And they brought out the son of the King and they placed the crown of the testimony on his head, and they anointed him and they made him king, and they clapped hands and they said: “The King shall live!”

13And Thalyah heard the noise of the clamor of the people and the people as they rejoiced, and she came to the people at the house of LORD JEHOVAH. 14And she saw the King standing by the pillar, according to the law of Kings, and the Princes and the Sounders with horns stood before the King, and all the people of the land rejoiced and were sounding with the horns, and Thalyah ripped her garments and she cried” “Rebellion! Rebellion!” 15And Yawida the Priest commanded the Captains of hundreds, the Rulers of the army, and he said to them: “Bring her outside of the ranks, and everyone whoever goes in after her will be killed with the sword!”, because the Priest said: “She will not be killed in the house of LORD JEHOVAH!” 16And they formed a place for her, and she went into the way of the entrance of the horses of the King, and she died there.

17And Yawida the Priest covenanted a covenant between LORD JEHOVAH and the people, that they will be a people to LORD JEHOVAH, and between the King and the people. 18And all the people of the land entered the house of Baala and they toppled its altars and they broke down its images, and they killed Mathan the Priest of Baal before the altar and appointed the Priest Commanders over the house of LORD JEHOVAH. 19And he led the Captains of a hundred and the Foot Guards and the Runners and all the people of the land, and they brought down the King from the house of LORD JEHOVAH, and he came in by the way of the gate of the Foot Guards of the house of the King and sat down on the throne of the King. 20And all the people of the land rejoiced and the city was at peace, and Thalia was killed with the sword in the house of the King.

21Yoash was a son of seven years when he became king.