2 Kings 11:4-16

International Standard Version

⁴ But during the seventh year of her reign,^[a] Jehoiada went out and called together the rulers of hundreds, the captains, and the guards, and assembled them together inside the Lord’s Temple. He made a covenant with them, making them take an oath in the Lord’s Temple, and then he revealed the king’s son to them. ⁵ He ordered them:

⁹ So the captains of hundreds did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one of them assembled his men who were to enter on the Sabbath, along with those who were to leave on the Sabbath, and approached Jehoiada the priest.

¹⁰ The priest issued King David’s personal spears and shields that had been stored in the Lord’s Temple to the captains of hundreds. ¹¹ So the guards stood assembled, every soldier with weapons in hand, surrounding the king from the right side corner of the Temple to the left side corner, including around the altar and the Temple.

¹² Then he brought out the king’s son, put the royal crown on him, presented him with the Testimony,^[g] and installed him as king. They anointed him, applauded, and said, “May the king live!”

¹³ When Athaliah heard all of the commotion coming from those who were guarding the people, she approached the people who were in the Lord’s Temple. ¹⁴ She looked around—and there was the king, standing near a column, as was the royal custom! He was accompanied by the commanding officers, along with trumpeters who stood beside the king. All the people of the land sounded trumpets in their excitement.

But Athaliah tore her clothes and bellowed, “It’s a plot! A conspiracy!”

Athaliah is Executed^(A)

¹⁵ Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains in charge of^[h] the army, “Take her out the back way^[i] and execute anybody who follows her,” since the priest had also issued this order: “Let’s not put her to death in the Lord’s Temple.” ¹⁶ So they arrested Athaliah, took her out through the same entrance used by the horses for entering the king’s palace, and executed her.