6. another third shall be at the gate Sur; and the last third shall be at the gate behind the guards. You shall guard the palace on all sides,
7. while the two of your divisions who are going off duty that week shall keep guard over the house of the Lord for the king.
8. You shall surround the king, each with drawn weapons, and anyone who tries to approach the guard detail is to be killed; stay with the king, wherever he goes.”
9. The captains did just as Jehoiada the priest commanded. Each took his troops, both those going on duty for the week and those going off duty that week, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
10. He gave the captains King David’s spear and quivers, which were in the house of the Lord.
11. And the guards, with drawn weapons, lined up from the southern to the northern limit of the enclosure, surrounding the altar and the temple on the king’s behalf.
12. Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son and put the crown and the testimony upon him. They proclaimed him king and anointed him, clapping their hands and shouting, “Long live the king!”
13. When Athaliah heard the noise made by the people, she came before them in the house of the Lord.
14. When she saw the king standing by the column, as was the custom, and the captains and trumpeters near the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, Athaliah tore her garments and cried out, “Treason, treason!”
15. Then Jehoiada the priest instructed the captains in command of the force: “Escort her with a guard detail. If anyone follows her, let him die by the sword.” For the priest had said, “She must not die in the house of the Lord.”
16. So they seized her, and when she reached the Horse Gate of the king’s house, she was put to death.
17. Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, by which they would be the Lord’s people; and another between the king and the people.