AND when Athalyahu the mother of Achazyahu saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed את all the seed royal.
But Yahusheva, the daughter of king Yoram, sister of Achazyahu, took Yo'ash the son of Achazyahu, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athalyahu, so that he was not slain.
And he was with her hid in the house of Yahuah six years. And Athalyahu did reign over the land.
And the seventh year Yahuyada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Yahuah, and cut a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Yahuah, and showed them the king's son.
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the Shabbath shall even be guarders of the watch of the king's house;
And a third part shall be at the gate of Cur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye guard the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.
And two parts of all you that go forth on the Shabbath, even they shall guard the watch of the house of Yahuah about the king.
And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that comes within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goes out and as he comes in.
And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Yahuyada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the Shabbath, with them that should go out on the Shabbath, and came to Yahuyada the priest.
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the Temple of Yahuah.
And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the Temple to the left corner of the Temple, along by the altar and the Temple.
And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, Elohiym save the king.
And when Athalyahu heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the Temple of Yahuah.
And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a 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: and Athalyahu rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
But Yahuyada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that follows her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of Yahuah.
And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
And Yahuyada cut a covenant between Yahuah and the king and the people, that they should be Yahuah's people; between the king also and the people.
And all the people of the land went into the house of Ba`al, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and slew את Mattan the priest of Ba`al before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of Yahuah.
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and את all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Yahuah, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athalyahu with the sword beside the king's house.
Seven years old was Yahu'ash when he began to reign.