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19 He took the commanders of the hundreds and the Carites and the runners and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the temple of Yahweh. And they marched by the way of the runner’s gate to the palace of the king, and he sat on the throne of the kings. 20 All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city rested; for Athaliah had been killed with the sword in the palace of the king.

21 [a] Jehoash was seven years old[b] when he began to reign.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:21 2 Kings 11:21–12:21 in the English Bible is 2 Kings 12:1–22 in the Hebrew Bible
  2. 2 Kings 11:21 Literally “a son of seven years”