19 Then he took the captains of hundreds, and the other captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land: and they brought the King from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the King’s house: and he sat him down on the throne of the kings.

20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: [a]for they had slain Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house.

21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:20 Which by her cruelty and persecution had vexed the whole land before.

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