2 Kings · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
2 Kings 11 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Καὶ Γοθολία ἡ μήτηρ Ὀχοζίου εἶδεν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀπώλεσε πᾶν τὸ σπέρμα τῆς βασιλείας.
1 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring.
2 Καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἰωσαβεὲ θυγάτηρ τοῦ βασιλέως Ἰωρὰμ ἀδελφὴ Ὀχοζίου τὸν Ἰωὰς υἱὸν ἀδελφοῦ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἔκλεψεν αὐτὸν ἐκ μέσου τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν θανατουμένων, αὐτὸν καὶ τὴν τροφὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ταμείῳ τῶν κλινῶν, καὶ ἔκρυψεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ προσώπου Γοθολίας, καὶ οὐκ ἐθανατώθη.
2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedroom; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
3 Καὶ ἦν μετʼ αὐτῆς κρυβόμενος ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου ἓξ ἔτη· καὶ Γοθολία βασιλεύουσα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
3 He was with her hidden in Yahweh’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.
4 Καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ ἑβδόμῳ ἀπέστειλεν Ἰωδαὲ, καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺς ἑκατοντάρχους τῶν Χοῤῥὶ καὶ τῶν Ῥασίμ, καὶ ἀπήγαγεν αὐτοὺς πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου, καὶ διέθετο αὐτοῖς διαθήκην Κυρίου, καὶ ὥρκωσε· καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς Ἰωδαὲ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ βασιλέως,
4 In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into Yahweh’s house; and he made a covenant with them, and made a covenant with them in Yahweh’s house, and showed them the king’s son.
5 καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς, λέγων, οὗτος ὁ λόγος ὃν ποιήσετε· Τὸ τρίτον ἐξ ὑμῶν εἰσελθέτω τὸ σάββατον,
5 He commanded them, saying, “This is what you must do: a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
6 καὶ φυλάξατε φυλακὴν οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως ἐν τῷ πυλῶνι, καὶ τὸ τρίτον ἐν τῇ πύλῃ τῶν ὁδῶν, καὶ τὸ τρίτον τῆς πύλης ὀπίσω τῶν παρατρεχόντων, καὶ φυλάξτε τὴν φυλακὴν τοῦ οἴκου.
6 a third of you shall be at the gate Sur; and a third of you at the gate behind the guard. So you shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.
7 Καὶ δύο χεῖρες ἐν ὑμῖν, πᾶς ὁ ἐκπορευόμενος τὸ σάββατον, καὶ φυλάξουσι τὴν φυλακὴν οἴκου Κυρίου πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα.
7 The two companies of you, even all who go out on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of Yahweh’s house around the king.
8 Καὶ κυκλώσατε ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα κύκλῳ, ἀνὴρ καὶ τὸ σκεῦος αὐτοῦ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ εἰσπορευόμενος εἰς τὰς σαδηρὼθ, ἀποθανεῖται· καὶ ἔσονται μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐν τῷ ἐκπορεύεσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ ἐν τῷ εἰσπορεύεσθαι αὐτόν.
8 You shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks, let him be slain. Be with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in.”
9 Καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ ἑκατόνταρχοι πάντα ὅσα ἐνετείλατο Ἰωδαὲ ὁ συνετός· καὶ ἔλαβεν ἀνὴρ τοὺς ἄνδρας αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς εἰσπορευομένους τὸ σάββατον μετὰ τῶν ἐκπορευομένων τὸ σάββατον, καὶ εἰσῆλθον πρὸς Ἰωδαὲ τὸν ἱερέα.
9 The captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they each took his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
10 Καὶ ἔδωκεν ὁ ἱερεὺς τοῖς ἑκατοντάρχοις τοὺς σειρομάστας καὶ τοὺς τρισσοὺς τοῦ βασιλέως Δαυὶδ τοὺς ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου.
10 The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David’s, which were in Yahweh’s house.
11 Καὶ ἔστησαν οἱ παρατρέχοντες ἀνὴρ καὶ τὸ σκεῦος αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ὠμίας τοῦ οἴκου τῆς δεξιᾶς ἕως τῆς ὠμίας τοῦ οἴκου τῆς εὐωνύμου τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ τοῦ οἴκου, ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα κύκλῳ.
11 The guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, around the king.
12 Καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἔδωκεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν νεζὲρ καὶ τὸ μαρτύριον, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἔχρισεν αὐτόν· καὶ ἐκρότησαν τῇ χειρὶ, καὶ εἶπαν, ζήτω ὁ βασιλεύς.
12 Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; and they made him king and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, “Long live the king!”
13 Καὶ ἤκουσε Γοθολία τὴν φωνὴν τῶν τρεχόντων τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς τὸν λαὸν εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου,
13 When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into Yahweh’s house;
14 καὶ εἶδε, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ βασιλεὺς εἱστήκει ἐπὶ τοῦ στύλου κατὰ τὸ κρίμα· καὶ οἱ ᾠδοὶ καὶ αἱ σάλπιγγες πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς χαίρων καὶ σαλπίζων ἐν σάλπιγξι· καὶ διέῤῥηξε Γοθολία τὰ ἱμάτια ἑαυτῆς, καὶ ἐβόησε σύνδεσμος, σύνδεσμος.
14 and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the tradition was, with the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!”
15 Καὶ ἐνετείλατο Ἰωδαὲ ὁ ἱερεὺς τοῖς ἑκατοντάρχοις τοῖς ἐπισκόποις τῆς δυνάμεως, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς, ἐξαγάγετε αὐτὴν ἔσωθεν τῶν σαδηρὼθ, ὁ εἰσπορευόμενος ὀπίσω αὐτῆς θανάτῳ θανατωθήσεται ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ· ὅτι εἶπεν ὁ ἱερεύς, καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου.
15 Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, “Bring her out between the ranks. Kill anyone who follows her with the sword.” For the priest said, “Don’t let her be slain in Yahweh’s house.”
16 Καὶ ἐπέθηκαν αὑτῇ χεῖρας, καὶ εἰσῆλθον ὁδὸν εἰσόδου τῶν ἵππων οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐκεῖ.
16 So they seized her; and she went by the way of the horses’ entry to the king’s house, and she was slain there.
17 Καὶ διέθετο Ἰωδαὲ διαθήκην ἀναμέσον Κυρίου καὶ ἀναμέσον τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἀναμέσον τοῦ λαοῦ, τοῦ εἶναι εἰς λαὸν τῷ Κυρίῳ· καὶ ἀναμέσον τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἀναμέσον τοῦ λαοῦ.
17 Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh’s people; also between the king and the people.
18 Καὶ εἰσῆλθε πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς εἰς οἶκον τοῦ Βάαλ, καὶ κατέσπασαν αὐτὸν, καὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς εἰκόνας αὐτοῦ συνέτριψαν ἀγαθῶς· καὶ τὸν Μαθὰν τὸν ἱερέα τοῦ Βάαλ ἀπέκτειναν κατὰ πρόσωπον τῶν θυσιαστηρίων· καὶ ἔθηκεν ὁ ἱερεὺς ἐπισκόπους εἰς τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου.
18 All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down. They broke his altars and his images in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over Yahweh’s house.
19 Καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺς ἑκατοντάρχους, καὶ τὸν Χοῤῥεὶ, καὶ τὸν Ῥασὶμ, καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν τῆς γῆς, καὶ κατήγαγον τὸν βασιλέα ἐξ οἴκου Κυρίου· καὶ εἰσῆλθον ὁδὸν πύλης τῶν παρατρεχόντων οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἐκάθισαν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ θρόνου τῶν βασιλέων.
19 He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from Yahweh’s house, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. He sat on the throne of the kings.
20 Καὶ ἐχάρη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἡ πόλις ἡσύχασε· καὶ τὴν Γοθολίαν ἐθανάτωσαν ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ βασιλέως.
20 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword at the king’s house. 21 Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Athaliah
A granddaughter of Omri, the wife of Jehoram of Judah and mother of Ahaziah, who after Ahaziah's death annihilated the royal heirs, ruled the land six years, and was put to death…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 8:26; 2 Kings 11:1; 2 Kings 11:3
Jehoiada
The priest who brought out the king's son Joash in the seventh year, crowned him, made a covenant between the LORD, the king and the people, had Athaliah put to death, and…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 11:4; 2 Kings 11:9; 2 Kings 11:17
Jehosheba
Daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah, who stole Joash son of Ahaziah away from the murdered royal sons and hid him and his nurse so that Athaliah could not kill him.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 11:2; 2 Chronicles 22:11
Joash
Son of Ahaziah, hidden for six years in the house of the LORD, crowned at seven by Jehoiada, who reigned forty years, repaired the temple, bought off Hazael with the temple…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 11:2; 2 Kings 11:19; 2 Kings 12:1
Mattan
The priest of Baal killed in front of the altars when the people of the land tore down the temple of Baal.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chronicles 23:17
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 41:1; 2 Kings 25:25; 2 Chronicles 22:10–12; Matthew 2:16; 2 Chronicles 24:7
- 2 1 Kings 6:10; 2 Chronicles 22:11; 2 Kings 8:16; 1 Kings 6:8; Ezekiel 40:45
- 3 Malachi 3:15; 2 Chronicles 22:12; Psalm 12:8
- 4 2 Kings 11:19; 2 Kings 11:9; 2 Chronicles 15:12; 2 Kings 11:17; 2 Chronicles 29:10
- 5 1 Chronicles 9:25; Ezekiel 46:2–3; 1 Chronicles 23:32; Luke 1:8–9; Jeremiah 26:10
- 6 2 Chronicles 23:4–5; 1 Chronicles 26:13–19
- 7 2 Kings 11:5; 2 Chronicles 23:6
- 8 2 Chronicles 23:7; 2 Kings 11:15; 1 Kings 2:28–31; Exodus 21:14; Numbers 27:17
- 9 2 Chronicles 23:8; 2 Kings 11:4; 1 Chronicles 26:26
- 10 2 Samuel 8:7; 1 Chronicles 18:7; 1 Chronicles 26:26–27; 2 Chronicles 23:9–10; 1 Samuel 21:9
- 11 Matthew 23:35; 2 Kings 11:10; Joel 2:17; Ezekiel 8:16; 2 Chronicles 6:12
- 12 1 Samuel 10:24; Exodus 25:16; 1 Kings 1:39; 2 Samuel 1:10; Exodus 31:18
- 13 2 Chronicles 23:12–15
- 14 2 Chronicles 34:31; 2 Kings 23:3; 2 Kings 9:23; Revelation 19:1–7; Luke 19:37
- 15 Ezekiel 21:14; 2 Chronicles 23:14; 2 Kings 11:4; 2 Chronicles 23:9; 2 Kings 11:9–10
- 16 Genesis 9:6; Revelation 16:5–7; James 2:13; Matthew 7:2; 2 Chronicles 23:15
- 17 2 Samuel 5:3; 2 Chronicles 15:12–14; Joshua 24:25; 2 Chronicles 34:31; Ezra 10:3
- 18 Deuteronomy 12:3; 1 Kings 18:40; 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 10:26; Deuteronomy 13:5
- 19 2 Chronicles 23:19; Jeremiah 17:25; 1 Chronicles 29:23; 2 Chronicles 23:5; Jeremiah 22:30
- 20 Proverbs 11:10; Proverbs 29:2; 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Chronicles 23:21
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