Textus Receptus Bibles
Jay P. Green's Literal Translation 1993
| 11:1 | And Athaliah was the mother of Ahaziah. And when she saw that her son was dead, then she rose up and destroyed all the seed of the kingdom. |
| 11:2 | But Jehosheba the daughter of king Jehoram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons who were put to death, him and his nurse, in the room of sleeping. And they hid him from the face of Athaliah, and he was not killed. |
| 11:3 | And he was with her in the house of Jehovah, hiding himself six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land. |
| 11:4 | And in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent and called the rulers of the hundreds, with the Carites and the runners. And he brought them to him into the house of Jehovah, and cut a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah. And he revealed the king's son to them. |
| 11:5 | And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do. A third of you shall go in on the sabbath for keepers of the watch of the king's house. |
| 11:6 | A third shall be at the Sur Gate. A third shall be at the gate behind the runners. And you shall keep the watch of the house, alternately. |
| 11:7 | And two parts of you, all who go out on the sabbath, they shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king. |
| 11:8 | And you shall fully surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand. And he that comes within the ranks shall be put to death. And they shall be with the king as he goes in and comes out. |
| 11:9 | And the rulers of the hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each man took his men, going in on the sabbath, with those going out on the sabbath, and came in to Jehoiada the priest. |
| 11:10 | And the priest gave to the rulers of the hundreds king David's spears and the shields, that were in the house of Jehovah. |
| 11:11 | And the runners stood, each with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, beside the altar and beside the house, by the king all around. |
| 11:12 | And he brought out the son of the king, and put the crown on him, and the testimony. And they made him king, and anointed him, and clapped their hands, and said, Let the king live! |
| 11:13 | And Athaliah heard the sound of the runners of the people. And she came to the people, to the house of Jehovah. |
| 11:14 | And she looked, and, behold, the king was standing by the pillar, according to the custom. And the rulers and the trumpeters were beside the king. And all the people of the land were rejoicing, and blowing with trumpets. And Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! Treason! |
| 11:15 | And Jehoiada the priest commanded the commanders of the hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, Bring her out to the outside of the ranks; and he who comes after her put her to death by the sword. For the priest had said, Do not let her be killed in the house of Jehovah. |
| 11:16 | And they laid hands on her, and she entered the way of the horse gate to the house of the king, and was executed there. |
| 11:17 | And Jehoiada cut a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people to be for a people to Jehovah, and between the king and the people. |
| 11:18 | And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal and broke it down. They completely smashed its altars and its images. And they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest set guards over the house of Jehovah. |
| 11:19 | And he took the commanders over the hundreds, and the Carites, and the runners, and all the people of the land. And they brought the king down from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way of the Runners' Gate to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. |
| 11:20 | And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And they had slain Athaliah by the sword in the king's house. |
| 11:21 | Joash was a son of seven years when he began to reign. |
Green's Literal Translation 1993
Green's Literal Translation (Literal Translation of the Holy Bible - LITV), is a translation of the Bible by Jay P. Green, Sr., first published in 1985. The LITV takes a literal, formal equivalence approach to translation. The Masoretic Text is used as the Hebrew basis for the Old Testament, and the Textus Receptus is used as the Greek basis for the New Testament.
Green's Literal Translation (LITV). Copyright 1993
by Jay P. Green Sr.
All rights reserved. Jay P. Green Sr.,
Lafayette, IN. U.S.A. 47903.