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12 But when Athaliah heard the noyse of the people running & praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the Lord. 13 And when she looked, beholde, the King stoode by his pillar at the entring in, & the princes and the trumpets by the King, & all the people of the land reioyced, and blew the trumpets, and the singers were with instruments of musike, and they that could sing prayse: then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, treason. 14 Then Iehoiada the Priest brought out the captaines of hundreths that were gouernours of the hoste, and said vnto them, Haue her foorth of the ranges, and he that followeth her, let him dye by the sword: for the Priest had said, Slay her not in the house of the Lord. 15 So they layde hands on her: and when she was come to the entring of the horsegate by the Kings house, they slew her there. 16 And Iehoiada made a couenant betweene him, and all the people, & the King, that they would be the Lords people. 17 And all the people went to the house of Baal, and destroyed, and brake his altars and his images, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18 And Iehoiada appointed officers for the house of the Lorde, vnder the handes of the Priestes and Leuites, whome Dauid had distributed for the house of the Lorde, to offer burnt offrings vnto the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with reioycing and singing by the appoyntment of Dauid. 19 And he set porters by the gates of ye house of the Lord, that none that was vncleane in any thing, should enter in. 20 And he tooke the captaines of hundreths, and the noble men, and the gouernours of the people, and all the people of the land, & he caused the King to come downe out of the house of the Lorde, and they went thorowe the hie gate of the Kings house, and set the King vpon the throne of the kingdome. 21 Then all the people of the land reioyced, & the citie was quiet, after that they had slaine Athaliah with the sword. 2 Chronicles 23:12-21, Geneva Bible of 1587. Public domain.
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