Athalia killing all the king's progeny ( except Joas, who is saved by his aunt ) usurpeth the kingdom. 4. But the seventh year Joiada the high priest crowneth Joas king. 13. causeth Athalia to be slain, 17. and maketh covenant between God, the king, and the people.Athalia killing al the kinges progenie ( except Ioas, who is saued by his aunt ) vsurpeth the kingdome. 4. But the seuenth yeare Ioiada the high priest crowneth Ioas king. 13. causeth Athalia to be slaine, 17. and maketh couenant betwen God, the king, and the people.✦
But Athalia the mother of Ochozias seeing her son dead, arose, and slew all the king's seed.BVt Athalia the mother of Ochozias seing her sonne dead, arose, and✦Athalia vero mater Ochoziæ, videns mortuum filium suum, surrexit, et interfecit omne semen regium.
2But Josaba king Joram's daughter, the sister of Ochozias, taking Joas the son of Ochozias, stole him out of the midst of the king's children, that were slain, and his nurse out of the bedchamber: and hid him from the face of Athalia, that he should not be slain.But Iosaba king Iorams daughter, the sister of Ochozias, taking Ioas the sonne of Ochozias, stole him out of the middes of the kinges children, that were slaine, and his nurce out of the bedchamber: and hid him from the face of Athalia, that he should not be slaine.✦Tollens autem Josaba filia regis Joram, soror Ochoziæ, Joas filium Ochoziæ, furata est eum de medio filiorum regis qui interficiebantur, et nutricem ejus de triclinio : et abscondit eum a facie Athaliæ ut non interficeretur.
3And he was with her six years secretly in the house of our Lord. Moreover Athalia reigned over the land.And he was with her sixe yeares secretly in the house of our Lord. Moreouer Athalia reigned ouer the land.Eratque cum ea sex annis clam in domo Domini : porro Athalia regnavit super terram.
4And in the seventh year Joiada sent and taking the centurions, and the soldiers brought them in to him into the temple of our Lord, and made a covenant with them: and adjuring them in the house of our Lord, shewed them the king's son:And in the seuenth yeareAnno autem septimo misit Jojada, et assumens centuriones et milites, introduxit ad se in templum Domini, pepigitque cum eis fœdus : et adjurans eos in domo Domini, ostendit eis filium regis :
5and commanded them, saying: This is the thing, which you must do.and commanded them, saying: This is the thing, which you must doe.et præcepit illis, dicens : Iste est sermo, quem facere debetis :
6Let the third part of you go in on the Sabbath, and keep the watch of the king's house. And let a third part be at the gate Sur: and let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shieldbearers: and you shall keep the watch of the house of Messa.Let the third part of you goe in on the Sabbath, and keepe the watch of the kinges house. And let a third part be at the gate Sur: & let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shildebearers: and you shal keepe the watch of the house of Messa.✦tertia pars vestrum introëat sabbato, et observet excubias domus regis. Tertia autem pars sit ad portam Sur, et tertia pars sit ad portam quæ est post habitaculum scutariorum : et custodietis excubias domus Messa.
7But let two parts of you all that go forth on the Sabbath, keep the watch of the house of our Lord about the king.But let two partes of you al that goe forth on the Sabbath, keepe the watch of the house of our Lord about the king.✦Duæ vero partes e vobis, omnes egredientes sabbato, custodiant excubias domus Domini circa regem.
8And you shall guard him round about, having weapons in your hands: and if any man shall enter the septum: an administrative district; the enclosed temple court of the temple, let him be slain: and you shall be with the king coming in and going out.And you shal gard him round about, hauing weapons in your hands: & if anie man shal enter the precinct of the temple, let him be slaine: and you shal be with the king coming in & going out.✦Et vallabitis eum, habentes arma in manibus vestris : si quis autem ingressus fuerit septum templi, interficiatur : eritisque cum rege introëunte et egrediente.
9And the centurions did according to all things, that Joiada the priest had commanded them: and every one taking their men, that went in on the Sabbath, with them that went out in the Sabbath, came to Joiada the priest.And the centurions did according to al thinges, that Ioiada the priest had commanded them: & euerie one taking their men, that went in on the Sabbath, with them that went out in the Sabbath, came to Ioiada the priest.Et fecerunt centuriones juxta omnia quæ præceperat eis Jojada sacerdos : et assumentes singuli viros suos qui ingrediebantur sabbatum, cum his qui egrediebantur sabbato, venerunt ad Jojadam sacerdotem.
10Who gave them the spears, and the weapons of king David, which were in the house of our Lord.Who gaue them the speares, & the weapons of king Dauid, which were in the house of our Lord.Qui dedit eis hastas et arma regis David, quæ erant in domo Domini.
11And they stood every one having their weapons in their hand, on the right side of the temple, unto the least side of the altar, and of the temple, about the king.And they stood euerie one hauing their weapons in their hand, on the right side of the temple, vnto the least side of the altar, & of the temple, about the king.Et steterunt singuli habentes arma in manu sua, a parte templi dextera usque ad partem sinistram altaris et ædis, circum regem.
12And he brought forth the king's son, and put upon him the diadem, and the covenant: and they made him king, and anointed him: and clapping with the hand, said: God save the king.And he brought forth the kinges sonne, and put vpon him the diademe, and the couenant: and they made him king, and anoynted him: and clapping with the hand, sayd: God saue the king.✦Produxitque filium regis, et posuit super eum diadema et testimonium : feceruntque eum regem, et unxerunt : et plaudentes manu, dixerunt : Vivat rex.
13And Athalia heard the voice of people running: and she going in to the multitudes into the temple of our Lord,And Athalia heard the voice of people running: and she going in to the multitudes into the temple of our Lord,Audivit autem Athalia vocem populi currentis : et ingressa ad turbas in templum Domini,
14saw the king standing upon the tribunal seat according to the manner, and the singers, and trumpets near him, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and sounding the trumpets: and she rent her garments, and cried: A conspiracy, a conspiracy.saw the king standing vpon the tribunal seate according to the maner, and the singers, and trumpettes nere him, and al the people of the land reioysing, and sounding the trumpettes: and she rent her garmentes, and cried: A conspiracie, a conspiracie.✦vidit regem stantem super tribunal juxta morem, et cantores, et tubas prope eum, omnemque populum terræ lætantem, et canentem tubis : et scidit vestimenta sua, clamavitque : Conjuratio, conjuratio.
15But Joiada commanded the centurions, that were over the army, and said to them: Lead her forth without the precinct of the temple, and whosoever shall follow her, let him be stricken with the sword. For the priest had said: Let her not be slain in the temple of our Lord.But Ioiada commanded the centurions, that were ouer the armie, and sayd to them: Lead her forth without the precinct of the temple, and whosoeuer shal folow her, let him be striken with the sword. For the priest had sayd: Let herPræcepit autem Jojada centurionibus qui erant super exercitum, et ait eis : Educite eam extra septa templi, et quicumque eam secutus fuerit, feriatur gladio. Dixerat enim sacerdos : Non occidatur in templo Domini.
16And they laid hands on her: and threw her by the way of the entrance of the horses, beside the palace, and she was slain there.And they layd handes on her: and threw her by the way of the entrance of the horses, beside the palace, and she was slaine there.✦Imposueruntque ei manus, et impegerunt eam per viam introitus equorum, juxta palatium, et interfecta est ibi.
17Joiada therefore made a covenant between our Lord, and the king, and between the people, that it should be the people of our Lord, and between the king and the people.Ioiada therfore made a couenant betwen our Lord, and the king, and betwen the people, that it should be the people of our Lord, and betwen the king and the people.Pepigit ergo Jojada fœdus inter Dominum, et inter regem, et inter populum, ut esset populus Domini : et inter regem et populum.
18And all the people of the land entered into the temple of Baal, and destroyed his altars, and his images they brake in pieces valide: vigorously, with force: Mathan also the priest of Baal they slew before the altar. And the priest set guards in the house of our Lord.And al the people of the land entered into the temple of Baal, and destroyed his altars, and his images they brake in peces stoutly: Mathan also the priest of Baal they slew before the altar. And the priest sette gardes in the house of our Lord.Ingressusque est omnis populus terræ templum Baal, et destruxerunt aras ejus, et imagines contriverunt valide : Mathan quoque sacerdotem Baal occiderunt coram altari. Et posuit sacerdos custodias in domo Domini.
19And he took the centurions, and the legions of Cerethi and Phelethi, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king from the house of our Lord: and they came by the way of the gate of the shieldbearers into the palace, and he sate upon the throne of the kings.And he tooke the centurious, and the legions of Cerethi and Phelethi, and al the people of the land, and they brought the king from the house of our Lord: and they came by the way of the gate of the shildebearers into the palace, and he sate vpon the throne of the kinges.✦Tulitque centuriones, et Cerethi et Phelethi legiones, et omnem populum terræ, deduxeruntque regem de domo Domini : et venerunt per viam portæ scutariorum in palatium, et sedit super thronum regum.
20And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword in the king's house.And al the people of the land reioysed, and the citie was quiet: but Athalia was slaine with the sword in the kinges house.✦Lætatusque est omnis populus terræ, et civitas conquievit : Athalia autem occisa est gladio in domo regis.
21And Joas was seven years old, when he began to reign.And Ioas was seuen yeares old, when he began to reigne.Septemque annorum erat Joas, cum regnare cœpisset.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.