12 Then he brought out [a]the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him [b]the Testimony, and they made him king: also they anointed him, and clapped their hands, and said, God save the King.

13 ¶ And when Athaliah heard the noise of the running of the people, she came into the people in the house of the Lord.

14 And when she looked, behold, the King stood by a [c]pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the King, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, treason.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:12 That is, Joash, which had been kept secret six years.
  2. 2 Kings 11:12 Meaning, the Law of God, which is his chief charge, and whereby only his throne is established.
  3. 2 Kings 11:14 Where the king’s place was in the Temple.

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