19 He stationed (A)the gatekeepers of the house of the Lord, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean. 20 (B)He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the Lord, and came through the upper gate to the king’s house. And they placed the king upon the royal throne. 21 So (C)all of the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword.

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