2 Kings 11:7-16

⁷The two groups that are not working on the Sabbath day must guard the temple to protect little King Joash.

⁸You must stand around the king wherever he goes, with your weapons in your hands. You must kill anyone who comes near you.”

⁹The officers who supervised the guards did what Jehoiada told them to do. Each one brought to Jehoiada the guards that he supervised—the guards who were just finishing their work and those who were about to start their work on the Sabbath day.

¹⁰The priest distributed to the commanders of the guards the spears and shields that had belonged to King David, that were kept/stored in the temple.

¹¹Then he commanded all the guards to stand in their positions, each one with his sword in his hand, all around the young king.

¹²Then he brought Joash out. He put the crown on his head and gave him a scroll on which were written the rules that the kings needed to obey. Then he poured some olive oil on Joash's head and proclaimed that he was now the king. The people all clapped their hands and shouted, “We desire/hope that the king will live for many years!”

¹³When Athaliah heard the noise that was being made by the guards and the other people, she ran to the temple, where the people were gathered.

¹⁴She saw the new king standing there alongside one of the big pillars, which was the place at the temple where the kings usually stood. She saw that he was surrounded by the temple officers and men blowing trumpets, and that the people were shouting joyfully, and some of them were also blowing trumpets. She tore her clothes to show her distress and shouted, “You are traitors! You have tricked/deceived me!”

¹⁵Jehoiada immediately said, “Kill her, but do not kill her here at the temple of Yahweh! Take her away between two rows of guards. And kill anyone who tries to rescue her!”

¹⁶She tried to flee, but the guards seized her and took her to the palace, to the place where horses enter the courtyard. They killed her there.