2Chronicles 23:13 - Prayer Tents

2Chronicles 23

23In the seventh year Jehoiada showed his strength. He made a covenant with the commanders of units of a hundred: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zicri.H7637H8141H3077H2388H3947H8269H3967H5838H1121H3395H3458H1121H3076H5838H1121H5744H4641H1121H5718H478H1121H2147H12852They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites and the heads of Israelite families from all the towns. When they came to Jerusalem,H5437H3063H6908H3881H5892H3063H7218H1H3478H935H33893the whole assembly made a covenant with the king at the temple of God. Jehoiada said to them, "The king's son shall reign, as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David.H6951H3772H1285H4428H1004H430H559H4428H1121H4427H3068H1696H1121H17324Now this is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who are going on duty on the Sabbath are to keep watch at the doors,H1697H6213H7992H935H7676H3548H3881H7778H55925a third of you at the royal palace and a third at the Foundation Gate, and all the other men are to be in the courtyards of the temple of the LORD.H7992H4428H1004H7992H8179H3247H5971H2691H1004H30686No one is to enter the temple of the LORD except the priests and Levites on duty; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the other men are to guard what the LORD has assigned to them.H935H1004H3068H3548H8334H3881H935H6944H5971H8104H4931H30687The Levites are to station themselves around the king, each man with his weapons in his hand. Anyone who enters the temple must be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes."H3881H5362H4428H5439H376H3627H3027H935H1004H4191H4428H935H33188The Levites and all the men of Judah did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one took his men—those who were going on duty on the Sabbath and those who were going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.H3881H3063H6213H3077H3548H6680H3947H376H582H935H7676H3318H7676H3077H3548H6358H42569Then he gave the commanders of units of a hundred the spears and the large and small shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of God.H3077H3548H5414H8269H3967H2595H4043H7982H4428H1732H1004H43010He stationed all the men, each with his weapon in his hand, around the king—near the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.H5975H5971H376H7973H3027H3233H3802H1004H8042H3802H1004H4196H1004H4428H543911Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king's son and put the crown on him; they presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, "Long live the king!"H3318H4428H1121H5414H5145H5715H4427H3077H1121H4886H559H2421H442812When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went to them at the temple of the LORD.H6271H8085H6963H5971H7323H1984H4428H935H5971H1004H306813She looked, and there was the king, standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her robes and shouted, "Treason! Treason!"H7200H4428H5975H5982H3996H8269H2689H4428H5971H776H8056H8628H2689H7891H3627H7892H3045H1984H6271H7167H899H559H7195H719514Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of units of a hundred, who were in charge of the troops, and said to them: "Bring her out between the ranks and put to the sword anyone who follows her." For the priest had said, "Do not put her to death at the temple of the LORD."H3077H3548H3318H8269H3967H6485H2428H559H3318H1004H7713H935H310H4191H2719H3548H559H4191H1004H306815So they seized her as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.H7760H3027H935H3996H5483H8179H4428H1004H419116Jehoiada then made a covenant that he and the people and the king would be the LORD'S people.H3077H3772H1285H5971H4428H3068H597117All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.H5971H935H1004H1168H5422H7665H4196H6754H7665H2026H4977H3548H1168H6440H419618Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the LORD in the hands of the priests, who were Levites, to whom David had made assignments in the temple, to present the burnt offerings of the LORD as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered.H3077H7760H6486H1004H3068H3027H3548H3881H1732H2505H1004H3068H5927H5930H3068H3789H8451H4872H8057H7892H3027H173219He also stationed doorkeepers at the gates of the LORD'S temple so that no one who was in any way unclean might enter.H5975H7778H8179H1004H3068H2931H1697H93520He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the temple of the LORD. They went into the palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne,H3947H8269H3967H117H4910H5971H5971H776H3381H4428H1004H3068H935H8432H5945H8179H4428H1004H3427H4428H3678H446721and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword.H5971H776H8055H5892H8252H4191H6271H2719