2Kgs 11
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And Gotholia the mother of Ochozias saw that her son was dead, and she destroyed all
the Gr. seed of the kingdom seed royal.
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And Josabee daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, took Joas the son of her brother,
and stole him from among the king’s sons that were put to death, secreting him and
his nurse in the bedchamber, and hid him from the face of Gotholia, and he was not
slain.
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And he remained with her hid in the house of the Lord six years: and Gotholia reigned
over the land.
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And in the seventh year Jodae sent and took the captains of hundreds of the Heb. guards Chorri and of the Heb. runners Rhasim,
and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant of
the Lord with them, and adjured them, and Jodae shewed them the king’s son.
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And charged them, saying, This is the Gr. word thing which you shall do.
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Let a third part of you go in on the sabbath-day, and keep you the watch of the king’s
house in the porch; and another third in the gate of the high way, and a third at
the gate behind the footmen; and keep you the guard of the house.
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And there shall be two Gr. hands parties among you, even every one that goes out on the Sabbath, and they shall keep
the guard of the Lord’s house before the king.
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And do you compass the king about every man with his weapon in his hand, and he who
goes into the ranges shall die: and they shall be with the king in his going out and
in his coming in.
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And the captains of hundreds did all things that the wise Jodae commanded; and they
took each his men, both those that went in on the sabbath-day, Gr. with those and those that went out on the sabbath-day,
and went in to Jodae the priest.
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And the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the swords and spears of king David
that were in the house of the Lord.
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And the footmen stood each Gr. and his weapon with his weapon in his hand from the right corner of the house to the left corner
of the house, by the altar and the house round about the king.
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And he Gr. sent forth brought forth the king’s son, and Gr. gave put upon him the crown and gave him the testimony; and he
made him king, and anointed
him: and they clapped their hands, and said, Long live the king.
13
And Gotholia heard the sound of the people running, and she went in to the people
to the house of the Lord.
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And she looked, and, behold, the king stood near a pillar according to the manner;
and the singers and the Gr. trumpets trumpeters were before the king and all the people of the land even rejoicing and
sounding with trumpets: and Gotholia rent her garments, and cried, A conspiracy, a
conspiracy.
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And Jodae the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were over the host, and
said to them, Bring her forth without the ranges, and he who goes in after her shall
certainly die by the sword. For the priest said, Let her not however be slain in the
house of the Lord.
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And they laid hands upon her, and went in by the way of the horses’ entrance into
the house of the Lord, and she was slain there.
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And Jodae made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they
should be the Lord’s people; also between the king and the people.
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And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore it down, and
completely broke in pieces his altars and his images, and they slew Mathan the priest
of Baal before the altars. And the priest Gr. placed; See Joh 15:16 appointed overseers Gr. in or into over the house of the
Lord.
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And he took the captains of the hundreds, and the Chorri, and the Rhasim, and all
the people of the land, and brought down the king out of the house of the Lord; and
they went in by the way of the gate of the Or, guard, A. V. footmen of the king’s house, and seated him there on the throne
of the kings.
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And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was at rest: and they slew Gotholia
with the sword in the house of the king.
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Joas was Gr. a son of seven years in his reigning seven years old when he began to reign.