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2 Kings 10:36 And the period that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
 
[h=1](2 Kings 11:1): ... New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h][h=3]Athaliah Queen of Judah[/h]11 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring.


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[h=1](2 Kings 11:2): ...New International Version (NIV)[/h]2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed.


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2 Kings 11:3 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]He remained hidden with his nurse at the temple of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot] for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.[/FONT]
 
2 Kings 11:4 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of units of a hundred, the Carites[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] and the guards and had them brought to him at the temple of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot]. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath at the temple of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot]. Then he showed them the king’s son.[/FONT]
 
2 Kings 11:5 (KJV)
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
 
2 Kings 11:6 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.[/FONT]
 
2 Kings 11:8 (KJV)

But you shall surround the king on all sides, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes within range, let him be put to death. You are to be with the king as he goes out and as he comes in."
 
2 Kings 11:9 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.[/FONT]
 
2 Kings 11:10 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot].[/FONT]
 
2 Kings 11:13 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot].


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2 Kings 11:14 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.[/FONT]
 
2 Kings 11:15 (KJV)

And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the army, and said to them, "Take her outside under guard, and slay with the sword whoever follows her." For the priest had said, "Do not let her be killed in the house of the LORD."
 
2 Kings 11:17
New International Version (NIV)


Jehoiada then made a covenant between the LORD and the king and people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
 
2 Kings 11:18 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]All the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Then Jehoiada the priest posted guards at the temple of the Lord.[/FONT]