Joiada the High priest anointeth and crowneth Joas king. 12. causeth Athalia to be slain, 16. idolatry to be destroyed. 18. and God's service advanced.Ioiada the Highe priest annoynteth and crowneth Ioas king. 12. causeth Athalia to be slaine, 16. idolatrie to be destroyed. 18. and Gods seruice advanced.✦
And in the seventh year Joiada taking courage, took the centurions, to wit, Azarias the son of Jeroham, and Ismahel the son of Johanan, Azarias also the son of Obed, and Maasias the son of Adaias, and Elisaphat the son of Zechri: and made a covenant with them.AND in the seuenth yeare Ioiada taking courage, tooke the centurions, to witte, Azarias the sonne of Ieroham, and Ismahel the sonne of Iohanan, Azarias also the sonne of Obed, and Maasias the sonne of Adaias, and Elisaphat the sonne of Zechri: and made a couenant with them.✦Anno autem septimo, confortatus Jojada, assumpsit centuriones, Azariam videlicet filium Jeroham, et Ismahel filium Johanan, Azariam quoque filium Obed, et Maasiam filium Adaiæ, et Elisaphat filium Zechri : et iniit cum eis fœdus.
2Who going about Juda, gathered together the Levites out of all the cities of Juda, and the princes of the families of Israel, and they came into Jerusalem.Who going about Iuda, gathered together the Leuites out of al the cities of Iuda, and the princes of the families of Israel, and they came into Ierusalem.Qui circumeuntes Judam, congregaverunt Levitas de cunctis urbibus Juda, et principes familiarum Israël, veneruntque in Jerusalem.
3Therefore all the multitude made a covenant with the king in the house of God: and Joiada said to them: Behold the king's son shall reign, as our Lord hath spoken, upon the sons of David.Therfore al the multitude made a couenant with the king in the house of God: and Ioiada sayd to them: Behold the kinges sonne shal reigne, as our Lord hath spoken, vpon the sonnes of Dauid.Iniit ergo omnis multitudo pactum in domo Dei cum rege, dixitque ad eos Jojada : Ecce filius regis regnabit, sicut locutus est Dominus super filios David.
4This therefore is the thing which you shall do.This therfore is the thing which you shal doe.Iste est ergo sermo quem facietis :
5The third part of you that come to the Sabbath of the Priests, and of Levites, and of porters shall be in the gates: and a third part at the king's house: and a third at the gate, which is called of the Foundation: but let all the rest of the common people be in the courts of the house of our Lord.The third part of you that come to the * Sabbath of the Priestes, and of Leuites, and of porters shal be in the gates: and a third part at the kinges house: and a third at the gate, which is called of the Fundation: but let al the rest of the common people be in the courtes of the house of our Lord.✦tertia pars vestrum qui veniunt ad sabbatum, sacerdotum, et Levitarum, et janitorum erit in portis : tertia vero pars ad domum regis : et tertia ad portam quæ appellatur Fundamenti : omne vero reliquum vulgus sit in atriis domus Domini.
6Neither let any other enter into the house of our Lord, but the Priests, and they that minister of the Levites: let them only go in, because they are sanctified and let all the rest of the multitude observe the custodias: guard-posts, watch-duties of our Lord.Neither let anie other enter into the house of our Lord, but the Priestes, and they that minister of the Leuites: let them onlie goe in, becaufe they are sanctified and let al the rest of the multitude obserue the watches of our Lord.✦Nec quispiam alius ingrediatur domum Domini, nisi sacerdotes, et qui ministrant de Levitis : ipsi tantummodo ingrediantur, quia sanctificati sunt : et omne reliquum vulgus observet custodias Domini.
7And let the Levites environ the king, having every one their weapons: (and if any other shall enter into the temple, let him be slain) and let them be with the king both coming in, and going out.And let the Leuites enuiron the king, hauing euerie one their weapons: (and if anie other shal enter into the temple, let him be slayne) and let them be with the king both coming in, and going out.Levitæ autem circumdent regem, habentes singuli arma sua (et si quis alius ingressus fuerit templum, interficiatur), sintque cum rege et intrante et egrediente.
8The Levites therefore, & all Juda did according to all things, which Joiada the high Priest had commanded; and they took every one the men that were under them, and came by the order of the Sabbath, with them that had fulfilled the Sabbath, and were to go forth. For Joiada the high Priest permitted not the companies to depart, which were accustomed to succeed one another every week.The Leuites therfore, & al Iuda did according to al thinges, which Ioiada the high Priest had commanded; and they tooke euerie one the men that were vnder them, and came by the order of the Sabbath, with them that had fulfilled the Sabbath, and were to goe forth. For Ioiada the high Priest permitted not the companies to depart, which were accustomed to succede one an other euerie weeke.Fecerunt ergo Levitæ, et universus Juda, juxta omnia quæ præceperat Jojada pontifex : et assumpserunt singuli viros qui sub se erant, et veniebant per ordinem sabbati, cum his qui impleverant sabbatum et egressuri erant : siquidem Jojada pontifex non dimiserat abire turmas quæ sibi per singulas hebdomadas succedere consueverant.
9And Joiada the Priest gave to the centurions the spears, and the shields, and peltas: small round shields of king David, which he had consecrated in the house of our Lord.And Ioiada the Priest gaue to the centurions the speares, and the shieldes, and targattes of king Dauid, which he had consecrated in the house of our Lord.Deditque Jojada sacerdos centurionibus lanceas, clypeosque et peltas regis David, quas consecraverat in domo Domini.
10And he appointed all the people of them that held weapons on the right side of the temple, unto the left side of the temple, before the altar, and the temple, round about the king.And he appoynted al the people of them that held weapons on the right side of the temple, vnto the left syde of the temple, before the altar, and the temple, round about the king.Constituitque omnem populum tenentium pugiones a parte templi dextra, usque ad partem templi sinistram, coram altari et templo, per circuitum regis.
11And they brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and the testimonium: the book or tables of the covenant-law, and gave the law to be in his hand, & they made him king: Joiada also the high Priest, and his sons anointed him: and they wished him well, and said: God save the king.And they brought forth the kinges sonne, and put the crowne vpon him, and the testimonie, and gaue the law to be in his hand, & they made him king: Ioiada also the high Priest, and his sonnes annoynted him: and they wished him wel, and said: God saue the king.Et eduxerunt filium regis, et imposuerunt ei diadema et testimonium, dederuntque in manu ejus tenendam legem, et constituerunt eum regem : unxit quoque illum Jojada pontifex, et filii ejus : imprecatique sunt ei, atque dixerunt : Vivat rex.
12Which thing when Athalia had heard, to wit, the voice of them that ran and praised the king, she went in unto the people, into the temple of our Lord.Which thing when Athalia had heard, to witte, the voice of them that ranne and praysed the king, she went in vnto the people, into the temple of our Lord.Quod cum audisset Athalia, vocem scilicet currentium atque laudantium regem, ingressa est ad populum in templum Domini.
13And when she had seen the king standing upon the step in the entrance, and the princes, and the companies about him, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and sounding with trumpets, and playing on instruments of diverse kind, and the voice of them that praised, she rent her garments, and said: Treason, treason.And when she had seene the king standing vpon the steppe in the entrance, and the princes, and the companies about him, and al the people of the land reioysing, and sounding with trumpettes, and playing on instrumentes of diuerse kind, and the voice of them that praysed, she rent her garmentes, and sayd: Treason, treason.Cumque vidisset regem stantem super gradum in introitu, et principes, turmasque circa eum, omnemque populum terræ gaudentem, atque clangentem tubis, et diversi generis organis concinentem, vocemque laudantium, scidit vestimenta sua, et ait : Insidiæ, insidiæ.
14And Joiada the high Priest going forth to the centurions, and captains of the army, said to them: Bring her forth without the precinct of the temple, and let her be killed with the sword without. And the Priest commanded that she should not be killed in the house of our Lord.And Ioiada the high Priest going forth to the centurions, and captaines of the armie, sayd to them: Bring her forth without the precinct of the temple, and let her be killed with the sword without. And the Priest commanded that she should not be killed in the house of our Lord.Egressus autem Jojada pontifex ad centuriones et principes exercitus, dixit eis : Educite illam extra septa templi, et interficiatur foris gladio. Præcepitque sacerdos ne occideretur in domo Domini,
15And they laid hands upon her neck: and when she was entered within the gate of the horses of the king's house, they killed her there.And they layd handes vpon her necke: and when she was entred within the gate of the horses of the kinges house, they killed her there.et imposuerunt cervicibus ejus manus : cumque intrasset portam equorum domus regis, interfecerunt eam ibi.
16And Joiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they would be the people of our Lord.And Ioiada made a couenant betwen himself, and al the people, and the king, that they would be the people of our Lord.Pepigit autem Jojada fœdus inter se, universumque populum, et regem, ut esset populus Domini.
17All the people therefore entered into the house of Baal, and destroyed it: and they brake his altars and his images: Mathan also the priest of Baal they slew before the altars.Al the people therfore entred into the house of Baal, and destroyed it: and they brake his altars and his * images: Mathan also the priest of Baal they slewe before the altars.Itaque ingressus est omnis populus domum Baal, et destruxerunt eam, et altaria ac simulacra illius confregerunt : Mathan quoque sacerdotem Baal interfecerunt ante aras.
18And Joiada appointed overseers in the house of our Lord, under the hands of the Priests, & the Levites, which David distributed in the house of our Lord: that they should offer holocausts to our Lord, as it is written in the law of Moyses, in joy and songs, according to the disposition of David.And Ioiada appoynted ouerseers in the house of our Lord, vnder the handes of the Priestes, & the Leuites, which Dauid distributed in the house of our Lord: that they should offer holocaustes to our Lord, as it is writen in the law of Moyses, in ioy and songes, according to the disposition of Dauid.Constituit autem Jojada præpositos in domo Domini sub manibus sacerdotum et Levitarum quos distribuit David in domo Domini, ut offerrent holocausta Domino, sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi, in gaudio et canticis, juxta dispositionem David.
19He appointed also porters in the gates of the house of our Lord, that the unclean in any thing should not enter in.He appoynted also porters in the gates of the house of our Lord, that the vncleane in anie thing should not enter in.Constituit quoque janitores in portis domus Domini, ut non ingrederetur eam immundus in omni re.
20And he took the centurions, and the most valiant men and princes of the people, and all the common people of the land, and they made the king to go down from the house of our Lord, & to enter by the midst of the upper gate into the king's house, and placed him in the royal throne.And he tooke the centurions, and the most valiant men and princes of the people, and al the common people of the land, and they made the king to goe downe from the house of our Lord, & to enter by the middes of the vpper gate into the kinges house, and placed him in the royal throne.✦Assumpsitque centuriones, et fortissimos viros, ac principes populi, et omne vulgus terræ, et fecerunt descendere regem de domo Domini, et introire per medium portæ superioris in domum regis, et collocaverunt eum in solio regali.
21And all the people of the land rejoiced, & the city was quiet: moreover Athalia was slain with the sword.And al the people of the land reioysed, & the citie was quiet: moreouer Athalia was slayne with the sword.Lætatusque est omnis populus terræ, et urbs quievit : porro Athalia interfecta est gladio.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.