23 Joash the son of Ahaziah is made king. 15 Athaliah is put to death. 17 The temple of Baal is destroyed. 16 Jehoiada appointeth ministers in the Temple.

And (A)[a]in the seventh year Jehoiada waxed bold, and took the captains of hundreds, to wit, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri in covenant with him.

And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the [b]chief fathers of Israel: and they came to Jerusalem.

And all the congregation made a covenant with the King in the house of God: and he said unto them, Behold, the King’s son must reign, (B)as the Lord hath said of the sons of David.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 23:1 Of the reign of Athaliah, or after the death of Ahaziah.
  2. 2 Chronicles 23:2 Meaning of Judah and Benjamin: read why they are called Israel, 2 Chron. 15:17.

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