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12 Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son and set the crown on him and gave him the Testimony,[a] and they made him king. They anointed him and clapped their hands and said, “Long live the king!”

Athaliah’s Death

13 When Athaliah heard the noise of the guards and the people, she went to them in the House of the Lord. 14 She looked, and there was the king standing beside the pillar according to the custom, and the officers and the trumpeters were in front of the king, and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:12 Probably a copy of the Law