2 Kings 11 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Athalia vero mater Ochoziæ, videns mortuum filium suum, surrexit, et interfecit omne semen regium.
1 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring.
2 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.
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 Eratque cum ea sex annis clam in domo Domini: porro Athalia regnavit super terram.
3 He was with her hidden in Yahweh’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.
4 Anno 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:
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 et præcepit illis, dicens: Iste est sermo, quem facere debetis:
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 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.
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 Duæ vero partes e vobis, omnes egredientes sabbato, custodiant excubias domus Domini circa regem.
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 Et vallabitis eum, habentes arma in manibus vestris: si quis autem ingressus fuerit septum templi, interficiatur: eritisque cum rege introëunte et egrediente.
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 Et fecerunt centuriones juxta omnia quæ præceperat eis Jojada sacerdos: et assumentes singuli viros suos qui ingrediebantur sabbato, cum his qui egrediebantur sabbato, venerunt ad Jojadam sacerdotem.
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 Qui dedit eis hastas et arma regis David, quæ erant in domo Domini.
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 Et steterunt singuli habentes arma in manu sua, a parte templi dextera usque ad partem sinistram altaris et ædis, circum regem.
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 Produxitque filium regis, et posuit super eum diadema et testimonium: feceruntque eum regem, et unxerunt: et plaudentes manu, dixerunt: Vivat rex.
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 Audivit autem Athalia vocem populi currentis: et ingressa ad turbas in templum Domini,
13 When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into Yahweh’s house;
14 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.
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 Præcepit 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.
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 Imposueruntque ei manus, et impegerunt eam per viam introitus equorum, juxta palatium, et interfecta est ibi.
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 Pepigit ergo Jojada fœdus inter Dominum, et inter regem, et inter populum, ut esset populus Domini: et inter regem et populum.
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 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.
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 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.
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 Lætatusque est omnis populus terræ, et civitas conquievit: Athalia autem occisa est gladio in domo regis.
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 Septemque annorum erat Joas, cum regnare cœpisset.
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 (21)
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
- 21 2 Chronicles 24:1–14; 2 Kings 22:1; 2 Kings 11:4
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