2 Kings 11

1And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

וַעֲתַלְיָה אֵם אֲחַזְיָהוּ [וּרָאֲתָה כ] (רָאֲתָה ק) כִּי מֵת בְּנָהּ וַתָּקָם וַתְּאַבֵּד אֵת כָּל־זֶרַע הַמַּמְלָכָה׃ (4291)

2But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

וַתִּקַּח יְהֹושֶׁבַע בַּת־הַמֶּלֶךְ־יֹורָם אֲחֹות אֲחַזְיָהוּ אֶת־יֹואָשׁ בֶּן־אֲחַזְיָה וַתִּגְנֹב אֹתֹו מִתֹּוךְ בְּנֵי־הַמֶּלֶךְ [הַמַּמֹותְתִים כ] (הַמּוּמָתִים ק) אֹתֹו וְאֶת־מֵינִקְתֹּו בַּחֲדַר הַמִּטֹּות וַיַּסְתִּרוּ אֹתֹו מִפְּנֵי עֲתַלְיָהוּ וְלֹא הוּמָת׃ (10378)

3And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

וַיְהִי אִתָּהּ בֵּית יְהוָה מִתְחַבֵּא שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים וַעֲתַלְיָה מֹלֶכֶת עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃ (3733)

4And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son.

וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִית שָׁלַח יְהֹויָדָע וַיִּקַּח ׀ אֶת־שָׂרֵי [הַמֵּאיֹות כ] (הַמֵּאֹות ק) לַכָּרִי וְלָרָצִים וַיָּבֵא אֹתָם אֵלָיו בֵּית יְהוָה וַיִּכְרֹת לָהֶם בְּרִית וַיַּשְׁבַּע אֹתָם בְּבֵית יְהוָה וַיַּרְא אֹתָם אֶת־בֶּן־הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ (9051)

5And 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;

וַיְצַוֵּם לֵאמֹר זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּן הַשְּׁלִשִׁית מִכֶּם בָּאֵי הַשַּׁבָּת וְשֹׁמְרֵי מִשְׁמֶרֶת בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ (5881)

6And 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.

וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית בְּשַׁעַר סוּר וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית בַּשַּׁעַר אַחַר הָרָצִים וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת־מִשְׁמֶרֶת הַבַּיִת מַסָּח׃ (6958)

7And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

וּשְׁתֵּי הַיָּדֹות בָּכֶם כֹּל יֹצְאֵי הַשַּׁבָּת וְשָׁמְרוּ אֶת־מִשְׁמֶרֶת בֵּית־יְהוָה אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ (4568)

8And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.

וְהִקַּפְתֶּם עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ סָבִיב אִישׁ וְכֵלָיו בְּיָדֹו וְהַבָּא אֶל־הַשְּׂדֵרֹות יוּמָת וִהְיוּ אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּצֵאתֹו וּבְבֹאֹו׃ (3760)

9And 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.

וַיַּעֲשׂוּ שָׂרֵי [הַמֵּאיֹות כ] (הַמֵּאֹות ק) כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהֹויָדָע הַכֹּהֵן וַיִּקְחוּ אִישׁ אֶת־אֲנָשָׁיו בָּאֵי הַשַּׁבָּת עִם יֹצְאֵי הַשַּׁבָּת וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־יְהֹויָדָע הַכֹּהֵן׃ (5891)

10And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

וַיִּתֵּן הַכֹּהֵן לְשָׂרֵי [הַמֵּאיֹות כ] (הַמֵּאֹות ק) אֶת־הַחֲנִית וְאֶת־הַשְּׁלָטִים אֲשֶׁר לַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִד אֲשֶׁר בְּבֵית יְהוָה׃ (5371)

11And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

וַיַּעַמְדוּ הָרָצִים אִישׁ ׀ וְכֵלָיו בְּיָדֹו מִכֶּתֶף הַבַּיִת הַיְמָנִית עַד־כֶּתֶף הַבַּיִת הַשְּׂמָאלִית לַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְלַבָּיִת עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ סָבִיב׃ (4939)

12And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

וַיֹּוצִא אֶת־בֶּן־הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיִּתֵּן עָלָיו אֶת־הַנֵּזֶר וְאֶת־הָעֵדוּת וַיַּמְלִכוּ אֹתֹו וַיִּמְשָׁחֻהוּ וַיַּכּוּ־כָף וַיֹּאמְרוּ יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ (4220)

13And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.

וַתִּשְׁמַע עֲתַלְיָה אֶת־קֹול הָרָצִין הָעָם וַתָּבֹא אֶל־הָעָם בֵּית יְהוָה׃ (3331)

14And 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.

וַתֵּרֶא וְהִנֵּה הַמֶּלֶךְ עֹמֵד עַל־הָעַמּוּד כַּמִּשְׁפָּט וְהַשָּׂרִים וְהַחֲצֹצְרֹות אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכָל־עַם הָאָרֶץ שָׂמֵחַ וְתֹקֵעַ בַּחֲצֹצְרֹות וַתִּקְרַע עֲתַלְיָה אֶת־בְּגָדֶיהָ וַתִּקְרָא קֶשֶׁר קָשֶׁר׃ (8853)

15But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

וַיְצַו יְהֹויָדָע הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־שָׂרֵי [הַמֵּיאֹות כ] (הַמֵּאֹות ׀ ק) פְּקֻדֵי הַחַיִל וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם הֹוצִיאוּ אֹתָהּ אֶל־מִבֵּית לַשְּׂדֵרֹת וְהַבָּא אַחֲרֶיהָ הָמֵת בֶּחָרֶב כִּי אָמַר הַכֹּהֵן אַל־תּוּמַת בֵּית יְהוָה׃ (7334)

16And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.

וַיָּשִׂמוּ לָהּ יָדַיִם וַתָּבֹוא דֶּרֶךְ־מְבֹוא הַסּוּסִים בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וַתּוּמַת שָׁם׃ (3029)

17And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; between the king also and the people.

וַיִּכְרֹת יְהֹויָדָע אֶת־הַבְּרִית בֵּין יְהוָה וּבֵין הַמֶּלֶךְ וּבֵין הָעָם לִהְיֹות לְעָם לַיהוָה וּבֵין הַמֶּלֶךְ וּבֵין הָעָם׃ (3186)

18And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

וַיָּבֹאוּ כָל־עַם הָאָרֶץ בֵּית־הַבַּעַל וַיִּתְּצֻהוּ אֶת־ [מִזְבְּחֹתֹו כ] (מִזְבְּחֹתָיו ק) וְאֶת־צְלָמָיו שִׁבְּרוּ הֵיטֵב וְאֵת מַתָּן כֹּהֵן הַבַּעַל הָרְגוּ לִפְנֵי הַמִּזְבְּחֹות וַיָּשֶׂם הַכֹּהֵן פְּקֻדֹּות עַל־בֵּית יְהוָה׃ (7586)

19And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down 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 on the throne of the kings.

וַיִּקַּח אֶת־שָׂרֵי הַמֵּאֹות וְאֶת־הַכָּרִי וְאֶת־הָרָצִים וְאֵת ׀ כָּל־עַם הָאָרֶץ וַיֹּרִידוּ אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ מִבֵּית יְהוָה וַיָּבֹואוּ דֶּרֶך־שַׁעַר הָרָצִים בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא הַמְּלָכִים׃ (7275)

20And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house.

וַיִּשְׂמַח כָּל־עַם־הָאָרֶץ וְהָעִיר שָׁקָטָה וְאֶת־עֲתַלְיָהוּ הֵמִיתוּ בַחֶרֶב בֵּית [מֶלֶךְ כ] (הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ ק) (3843)

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

בֶּן־שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים יְהֹואָשׁ בְּמָלְכֹו׃ (1244)