1No sétimo ano Joiada encorajou-se e fez um acordo com os líderes dos batalhões de cem23.1 Hebraico: chefes de cem.: Azarias, filho de Jeroão; Ismael, filho de Joanã; Azarias, filho de Obede; Maaseias, filho de Adaías; e Elisafate, filho de Zicri. 2Eles percorreram todo o Judá e reuniram de todas as cidades os levitas e os chefes das famílias israelitas. Quando chegaram a Jerusalém, 3toda a assembleia fez um acordo com o rei no templo de Deus.
Joiada lhes disse: “Reinará o filho do rei, conforme o Senhor prometeu acerca dos descendentes de Davi. 4Vocês vão fazer o seguinte: Um terço de vocês, sacerdotes e levitas que entrarão de serviço no sábado, deverá ficar vigiando nas portas do templo, 5um terço no palácio real e um terço na porta do Alicerce; e todo o povo estará nos pátios do templo do Senhor. 6Ninguém deverá entrar no templo do Senhor, exceto os sacerdotes e os levitas de serviço; estes podem entrar porque foram consagrados, mas o povo deverá observar o que o Senhor lhes determinou. 7Os levitas deverão posicionar-se em torno do rei, todos de armas na mão. Matem todo aquele que entrar no templo. Acompanhem o rei aonde quer que ele for”.
8Os levitas e todos os homens de Judá fizeram como o sacerdote Joiada havia ordenado. Cada um levou seus soldados, tanto os que estavam entrando de serviço no sábado como os que estavam saindo, pois o sacerdote Joiada não havia dispensado nenhuma das divisões. 9Então ele deu aos líderes dos batalhões de cem as lanças e os escudos grandes e pequenos que haviam pertencido ao rei Davi e que estavam no templo de Deus. 10Posicionou todos os homens, cada um de arma na mão, em volta do rei, perto do altar e no templo, desde o lado sul até o lado norte do templo.
11Joiada e seus filhos trouxeram o filho do rei e o coroaram; entregaram-lhe uma cópia da aliança e o proclamaram rei, ungindo-o e gritando: “Viva o rei!”
12Quando Atalia ouviu o barulho do povo correndo e aclamando o rei, foi ao templo do Senhor, onde estava o povo. 13Lá ela viu o rei à entrada, em pé, junto à coluna. Os oficiais e os tocadores de cornetas estavam ao lado do rei, e todo o povo se alegrava ao som das cornetas; os músicos, com seus instrumentos musicais, dirigiam os louvores. Então Atalia rasgou suas vestes e gritou: “Traição! Traição!”
14O sacerdote Joiada ordenou aos líderes dos batalhões de cem que estavam no comando das tropas: “Levem-na para fora por entre as fileiras23.14 Ou fora do recinto e matem à espada todo aquele que a seguir”. Pois o sacerdote dissera: “Não a matem no templo do Senhor”. 15Então eles a prenderam e a levaram à porta dos Cavalos, no terreno do palácio, e lá a mataram.
16E Joiada fez um acordo pelo qual ele, o povo e o rei23.16 Ou uma aliança entre [o Senhor] e o povo e o rei de que eles (veja 2Rs 11.17) seriam o povo do Senhor. 17Então todo o povo foi ao templo de Baal e o derrubou. Despedaçaram os altares e os ídolos e mataram Matã, sacerdote de Baal, em frente aos altares.
18Joiada confiou a supervisão do templo do Senhor aos sacerdotes levitas, aos quais Davi tinha atribuído tarefas no templo, para apresentarem os holocaustos ao Senhor, conforme está escrito na Lei de Moisés, com júbilo e cânticos, segundo as instruções de Davi. 19Também pôs guardas nas portas do templo do Senhor para que não entrasse ninguém que de alguma forma estivesse impuro.
20Levou consigo os líderes dos batalhões de cem, os nobres, os governantes do povo e todo o povo e, juntos, conduziram o rei do templo do Senhor ao palácio, passando pela porta superior, e instalaram o rei no trono; 21e todo o povo se alegrou. A cidade acalmou-se depois que Atalia foi morta à espada.
1And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. 2And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 3And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David. 4This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;23.4 doors: Heb. thresholds 5And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. 6But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD. 7And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out. 8So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. 9Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were in the house of God. 10And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.23.10 side: Heb. shoulder23.10 temple: Heb. house 11Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.23.11 God…: Heb. Let the king live
12¶ Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD: 13And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.23.13 Treason: Heb. Conspiracy 14Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD. 15So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king’s house, they slew her there.
16¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s people. 17Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.23.18 as it was…: Heb. by the hands of David 19And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. 20And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 21And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
