2 Kings 11:7-16

⁷The two divisions that would normally go off duty on the Sabbath will guard the Lord's Temple for the king.

⁸Surround the king with weapons drawn, and anyone who approaches this line must be killed. Stay close to the king wherever he goes.”

⁹The commanders of hundreds followed all the instructions that Jehoiada the priest had given. They each took their own men, those who were coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

¹⁰Then the priest handed over to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields that had belonged to King David which were kept in the Lord's Temple.

¹¹The guards stood with weapons drawn surrounding the king by the altar, and in a line around the Temple, from the south side to the north side of the Temple.

¹²Then Jehoiada led out the king's son, placed the crown on him, and handed him a copy of God's Law. They proclaimed him king and anointed him. The people clapped, and shouted, “Long live the king!”

¹³When Athaliah heard the noise of the guards and the people, she rushed to the crowds at the Lord's Temple.

¹⁴She saw the king standing by his pillar as the custom was. The commanders and trumpeters were with the king, and everyone was celebrating and blowing trumpets. Athaliah ripped her clothes and screamed out, “Treason! Treason!”

¹⁵Jehoiada ordered the army commanders, “Bring her to the men standing in front of the Temple, and kill anyone who follows her.” Earlier the priest had made it clear, “She must not be killed in the Lord's Temple.”

¹⁶They grabbed hold of her, took her to where the horses enter the palace grounds and they killed her there.