1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, 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 Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
4 ¶ And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son. 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king’s house; 6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. 7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. 8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. 9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. 11 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. 12 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, God save the king.
13 ¶ And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. 14 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 Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. 15 But Jehoiada 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 followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. 16 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.
17 ¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; between the king also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, 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. 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house. 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
11–BOB
Yahudo malikasi Otaliyo
1 Otaliyo oʻz oʻgʻli shoh Oxoziyoning oʻldirilganini eshitgach, Yahudoda Oxoziyoning jamiki urugʻini qirib tashlashga kirishdi. 2 Shohning hamma oʻgʻillarini oʻldirish rejalashtirilgan edi. Shoh Yohuramning Yohusheva degan qizi bor edi. Yohusheva Oxoziyoga oʻgay singil edi. Yohusheva Oxoziyoning oʻgʻli Yoʻshni shohning oʻgʻillari orasidan bildirmasdan olib qochdi. Otaliyo bolani oʻldirmasligi uchun uni enagasi bilan birga Egamizning uyidagi yotoqxonaga yashirdi. 3 Otaliyo yurtni boshqargan paytda, bola olti yil davomida Egamizning uyida enagasi bilan birga yashirinib yurdi.
4 Yettinchi yili ruhoniy Yohayido Xaryollik qoʻriqchilarning lashkarboshilariga va saroy qoʻriqchilarining lashkarboshilariga xabar berib, ularni chaqirtirdi. Hammalarini Egamizning uyiga yigʻib, ular bilan ahd tuzdi. Hammalariga Egamizning uyida ont ichirgandan keyin, shohning oʻgʻli Yoʻshni ularga koʻrsatdi. 5 Yohayido ularga shunday buyurdi: “Endi sizlar bunday qilasizlar: Shabbat kuni xizmatda boʻlgan qoʻriqchilarning uchdan biri shoh saroyini qoʻriqlashadi. 6 Uchdan biri Sur darvozasini, uchdan biri esa saroy darvozasini qoʻriqlashadi va saroy qoʻriqchilari oʻrniga turishadi. 7 Shabbat kuni xizmatda boʻlmagan boshqa ikki qism sipohlaringiz esa Egamizning uyi atrofida turib shohni qoʻriqlasin. 8 Hamma qoʻlida quroli bilan shohni har tomondan oʻrab olsin, kim safga yaqinlashsa, oʻldirilsin. Shoh kirganda ham, chiqqanda ham, unga hamroh boʻlinglar.”
9 Yuzboshilar ruhoniy Yohayidoning amrlarini soʻzsiz bajardilar. Har bir yuzboshi Shabbat kuni xizmatini boshlagan va xizmatini tugatgan qoʻriqchilarini olib, Yohayidoning yoniga bordi. 10 Ruhoniy Egamizning uyida turgan shoh Dovudning nayzalariyu qalqonlarini yuzboshilarga tarqatdi. 11 Shohni qoʻriqlash uchun uyning janub tomonidan shimol tomonigacha, qurbongohning va uyning atrofiga soqchilar jangga shay holda qoʻyildi.
12 Yohayido Yoʻshni tashqariga olib chiqib, boshiga toj kiydirdi. Unga shohlik qonunlarini berdi. Yoʻsh shoh deb eʼlon qilindi. Uning boshiga moy surtishdi, soʻngra: “Shohimizning umrlari uzoq boʻlsin!” deya olqishlab, qarsak chaldilar.
13 Otaliyo qoʻriqchilar bilan xalqning shovqin–suronini eshitgach, Egamizning uyiga, u yerda yigʻilganlarning yoniga bordi. 14 Qarasaki, odatga koʻra, Egamizning uyiga kiraverishdagi ustun oldida shoh turibdi, shohning atrofini lashkarboshilar, karnaychilar oʻrab olgan. Yurtning butun xalqi shod–xurram, karnay chalyapti. Shunda Otaliyo gʻazabdan liboslarini yirtib: “Xoinlik! Xoinlik!” deb baqirdi.
15 Ruhoniy Yohayido yuzboshilarga: “U xotinni bu yerdan olib chiqib ketinglar, kimki unga ergashsa, qilichdan oʻtkazinglar”, deb buyruq berdi. Ruhoniy oʻsha ayolning Egamiz uyida oʻldirilishini istamadi. 16 Otaliyo ushlandi va saroyning Ot darvozasiga keltirilib, oʻsha yerda qatl qilindi.
Yohayido qilgan islohotlar
17 Ruhoniy Yohayido xalq, shoh va Egamiz orasida “Biz Egamizning xalqi boʻlamiz” deb ahd tuzdi. Undan keyin xalq bilan shoh orasida ham ahd tuzdi. 18 Soʻng butun xalq Baalning uyiga borib, uni buzib tashladi, u yerdagi qurbongohlarni va Baalning tasvirlarini sindirdi, Baalning ruhoniysi Mattonni esa qurbongohlarning roʻparasida oʻldirdi. Ruhoniy Yohayido Egamizning uyiga qoʻriqchilar tayin qildi. 19 Soʻngra yuzboshilarni, Xaryollik qoʻriqchilarni, saroy qoʻriqchilarini va jamiki xalqni yoniga olib, shohni Egamizning uyidan olib chiqdi. Ular qoʻriqchilar darvozasidan oʻtib, shohni saroyga olib keldilar va taxtga oʻtqazdilar. 20 Otaliyo shoh saroyida oʻldirilgani uchun yurt xalqi sevindi. Quddus osoyishta boʻlib qoldi. 21 Yoʻsh taxtga oʻtirgan paytda yetti yoshda edi.
