¹Anno autem septimo,Then in the seventh year,confortatus Jojada, assumpsit centuriones,Jehoiada having been strengthened, he took the centurions,Azariam videlicet filium Jeroham,namely, Azariah, the son of Jeroham,et Ismahel filium Johanan,and Ishmael, the son of Jehohanan,Azariam quoque filium Obed,and also Azariah, the son of Obed,et Maasiam filium Adaiæ,and Maaseiah, the son of Adaiah,et Elisaphat filium Zechri:and Elishaphat, the son of Zichri,et iniit cum eis fœdus.and he formed a pact with them.

¹Anno autem septimo,Then in the seventh year,confortatus Jojada, assumpsit centuriones,Jehoiada having been strengthened, he took the centurions,Azariam videlicet filium Jeroham,namely, Azariah, the son of Jeroham,et Ismahel filium Johanan,and Ishmael, the son of Jehohanan,Azariam quoque filium Obed,and also Azariah, the son of Obed,et Maasiam filium Adaiæ,and Maaseiah, the son of Adaiah,et Elisaphat filium Zechri:and Elishaphat, the son of Zichri,et iniit cum eis fœdus.and he formed a pact with them.

²Qui circumeuntes Judam,And traveling through Judah,congregaverunt Levitas de cunctis urbibus Juda,they gathered together the Levites from all of the cities of Judah,et principes familiarum Israël,and the leaders of the families of Israel,veneruntque in Jerusalem.and they went to Jerusalem.

²Qui circumeuntes Judam,And traveling through Judah,congregaverunt Levitas de cunctis urbibus Juda,they gathered together the Levites from all of the cities of Judah,et principes familiarum Israël,and the leaders of the families of Israel,veneruntque in Jerusalem.and they went to Jerusalem.

³Iniit ergo omnis multitudo pactum in domo Dei cum rege,Then the entire multitude formed a pact with the king, in the house of God.dixitque ad eos Jojada:And Jehoiada said to them: “Behold,Ecce filius regis regnabit,the son of the king shall reign,sicut locutus est Dominus super filios David.just as the Lord has said concerning the sons of David.

³Iniit ergo omnis multitudo pactum in domo Dei cum rege,Then the entire multitude formed a pact with the king, in the house of God.dixitque ad eos Jojada:And Jehoiada said to them: “Behold,Ecce filius regis regnabit,the son of the king shall reign,sicut locutus est Dominus super filios David.just as the Lord has said concerning the sons of David.

⁴Iste est ergo sermo quem facietis:Therefore, this is the word that you shall do:

⁴Iste est ergo sermo quem facietis:Therefore, this is the word that you shall do:

⁵tertia pars vestrum qui veniunt ad sabbatum, sacerdotum,One third part of you who arrive on the Sabbath,et Levitarum,priests, and Levites,et janitorum erit in portis:and porters, shall be at the gates. Truly,tertia vero pars ad domum regis:one third part shall be at the house of the king.et tertia ad portam quæ appellatur Fundamenti:And one third shall be at the gate which is called the Foundation.omne vero reliquum vulgus sit in atriis domus Domini.Yet truly, let all the remainder of the common people be in the courts of the house of the Lord.

⁵tertia pars vestrum qui veniunt ad sabbatum, sacerdotum,One third part of you who arrive on the Sabbath,et Levitarum,priests, and Levites,et janitorum erit in portis:and porters, shall be at the gates. Truly,tertia vero pars ad domum regis:one third part shall be at the house of the king.et tertia ad portam quæ appellatur Fundamenti:And one third shall be at the gate which is called the Foundation.omne vero reliquum vulgus sit in atriis domus Domini.Yet truly, let all the remainder of the common people be in the courts of the house of the Lord.

⁶Nec quispiam alius ingrediatur domum Domini,Let no one else enter into the house of the Lord,nisi sacerdotes,except the priests,et qui ministrant de Levitis:and those from the Levites who are ministering.ipsi tantummodo ingrediantur,These alone may enter,quia sanctificati sunt:for they have been sanctified.et omne reliquum vulgus observet custodias Domini.And let all the remainder of the common people observe the watches of the Lord.

⁶Nec quispiam alius ingrediatur domum Domini,Let no one else enter into the house of the Lord,nisi sacerdotes,except the priests,et qui ministrant de Levitis:and those from the Levites who are ministering.ipsi tantummodo ingrediantur,These alone may enter,quia sanctificati sunt:for they have been sanctified.et omne reliquum vulgus observet custodias Domini.And let all the remainder of the common people observe the watches of the Lord.

⁷Levitæ autem circumdent regem,Then let the Levites encircle the king,habentes singuli arma sua (et siquis alius ingressus fuerit templum,each one having his weapons.interficiatur),And if anyone else will have entered into the temple,sintque cum regelet him be slain.et intranteAnd may they be with the king,et egrediente.both entering and departing.”

⁷Levitæ autem circumdent regem,Then let the Levites encircle the king,habentes singuli arma sua (et siquis alius ingressus fuerit templum,each one having his weapons.interficiatur),And if anyone else will have entered into the temple,sintque cum regelet him be slain.et intranteAnd may they be with the king,et egrediente.both entering and departing.”

⁸Fecerunt ergo Levitæ,Then the Levites,et universus Juda,and all of Judah,juxta omnia quæ præceperat Jojada pontifex:acted in accord with all that the high priest Jehoiada had instructed.et assumpserunt singuli viros qui sub se erant,And each of them took the men who were under him,et veniebant per ordinem sabbati,and who were arriving by the course of the Sabbath,cum his qui impleverant sabbatumwith those who had fulfilled the Sabbath and who were about to depart.et egressuri erant:For indeed the high priest Jehoiada had not permitted the companies to depart,siquidem Jojada pontifex non dimiserat abire turmas quæ sibi per singulas hebdomadas succedere consueverant.which were accustomed to replace one another each week.

⁸Fecerunt ergo Levitæ,Then the Levites,et universus Juda,and all of Judah,juxta omnia quæ præceperat Jojada pontifex:acted in accord with all that the high priest Jehoiada had instructed.et assumpserunt singuli viros qui sub se erant,And each of them took the men who were under him,et veniebant per ordinem sabbati,and who were arriving by the course of the Sabbath,cum his qui impleverant sabbatumwith those who had fulfilled the Sabbath and who were about to depart.et egressuri erant:For indeed the high priest Jehoiada had not permitted the companies to depart,siquidem Jojada pontifex non dimiserat abire turmas quæ sibi per singulas hebdomadas succedere consueverant.which were accustomed to replace one another each week.

⁹Deditque Jojada sacerdos centurionibus lanceas,And Jehoiada,clypeosquethe priest,et peltas regis David,gave to the centurions the lances and round shields and crescent shields of king David,quas consecraverat in domo Domini.which he had dedicated in the house of the Lord.

⁹Deditque Jojada sacerdos centurionibus lanceas,And Jehoiada,clypeosquethe priest,et peltas regis David,gave to the centurions the lances and round shields and crescent shields of king David,quas consecraverat in domo Domini.which he had dedicated in the house of the Lord.

¹⁰Constituitque omnem populum tenentium pugiones a parte templi dextra,And he positioned all the people,usque ad partem templi sinistram,holding short swords,coram altarifrom the right part of the temple to the left part of the temple,et templo,before the altar and the temple,per circuitum regis.all around the king.

¹⁰Constituitque omnem populum tenentium pugiones a parte templi dextra,And he positioned all the people,usque ad partem templi sinistram,holding short swords,coram altarifrom the right part of the temple to the left part of the temple,et templo,before the altar and the temple,per circuitum regis.all around the king.

¹¹Et eduxerunt filium regis,And they led out the son of the king.et imposuerunt ei diademaAnd they imposed the diadem on him,et testimonium,and the testimony.dederuntque in manu ejus tenendam legem,And they gave him the law to hold in his hand.et constituerunt eum regem:And they appointed him as king.unxit quoque illum Jojada pontifex,Also,et filii ejus:the high priest Jehoiada and his sons anointed him.imprecatique sunt ei,And they prayed for him,atque dixerunt:and said,Vivat rex.“May the king live!”

¹¹Et eduxerunt filium regis,And they led out the son of the king.et imposuerunt ei diademaAnd they imposed the diadem on him,et testimonium,and the testimony.dederuntque in manu ejus tenendam legem,And they gave him the law to hold in his hand.et constituerunt eum regem:And they appointed him as king.unxit quoque illum Jojada pontifex,Also,et filii ejus:the high priest Jehoiada and his sons anointed him.imprecatique sunt ei,And they prayed for him,atque dixerunt:and said,Vivat rex.“May the king live!”

¹²Quod cum audisset Athalia,And when Athaliah had heard it,vocem scilicet currentium atque laudantium regem,specifically the sound of running and the praising of the king,ingressa est ad populum in templum Domini.she entered to the people in the temple of the Lord.

¹²Quod cum audisset Athalia,And when Athaliah had heard it,vocem scilicet currentium atque laudantium regem,specifically the sound of running and the praising of the king,ingressa est ad populum in templum Domini.she entered to the people in the temple of the Lord.

¹³Cumque vidisset regem stantem super gradum in introitu,And when she had seen the king standing upon the step at the entrance,et principes,and the leadersturmasque circa eum,and companies around him,omnemque populum terræ gaudentem,and all the people of the land rejoicing,atque clangentem tubis,and sounding the trumpets,et diversi generis organis concinentem,and playing on instruments of various kinds,vocemque laudantium,and the voice of those who were praising,scidit vestimenta sua,she tore her garments,et ait:and she said:Insidiæ,“Treason!insidiæ.Treason!”

¹³Cumque vidisset regem stantem super gradum in introitu,And when she had seen the king standing upon the step at the entrance,et principes,and the leadersturmasque circa eum,and companies around him,omnemque populum terræ gaudentem,and all the people of the land rejoicing,atque clangentem tubis,and sounding the trumpets,et diversi generis organis concinentem,and playing on instruments of various kinds,vocemque laudantium,and the voice of those who were praising,scidit vestimenta sua,she tore her garments,et ait:and she said:Insidiæ,“Treason!insidiæ.Treason!”

¹⁴Egressus autem Jojada pontifex ad centuriones et principes exercitus,Then the high priest Jehoiada, going out to the centurions and to the leaders of the army,dixit eis:said to them:Educite illam extra septa templi,“Lead her away, beyond the borders of the temple.et interficiatur foris gladio.And let her be put to death outside, with the sword.”Præcepitque sacerdos ne occideretur in domo Domini,And the priest instructed that she should not be killed in the house of the Lord.

¹⁴Egressus autem Jojada pontifex ad centuriones et principes exercitus,Then the high priest Jehoiada, going out to the centurions and to the leaders of the army,dixit eis:said to them:Educite illam extra septa templi,“Lead her away, beyond the borders of the temple.et interficiatur foris gladio.And let her be put to death outside, with the sword.”Præcepitque sacerdos ne occideretur in domo Domini,And the priest instructed that she should not be killed in the house of the Lord.

¹⁵et imposuerunt cervicibus ejus manus:And they laid hands on her neck.cumque intrasset portam equorum domus regis,And when she had entered the gate for the horses at the king’s house,interfecerunt eam ibi.they put her to death there.

¹⁵et imposuerunt cervicibus ejus manus:And they laid hands on her neck.cumque intrasset portam equorum domus regis,And when she had entered the gate for the horses at the king’s house,interfecerunt eam ibi.they put her to death there.

¹⁶Pepigit autem Jojada fœdus inter se,Then Jehoiada formed a covenant between himselfuniversumque populum,and the entire people,et regem,and the king,ut esset populus Domini.so that they would be the people of the Lord.

¹⁶Pepigit autem Jojada fœdus inter se,Then Jehoiada formed a covenant between himselfuniversumque populum,and the entire people,et regem,and the king,ut esset populus Domini.so that they would be the people of the Lord.

¹⁷Itaque ingressus est omnis populus domum Baal,And so, all the people entered into the house of Baal,et destruxerunt eam,and they destroyed it.et altaria ac simulacra illius confregerunt:And they broke apart his altars and idols. Also,Mathan quoque sacerdotem Baal interfecerunt ante aras.they put to death Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altars.

¹⁷Itaque ingressus est omnis populus domum Baal,And so, all the people entered into the house of Baal,et destruxerunt eam,and they destroyed it.et altaria ac simulacra illius confregerunt:And they broke apart his altars and idols. Also,Mathan quoque sacerdotem Baal interfecerunt ante aras.they put to death Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altars.

¹⁸Constituit autem Jojada præpositos in domo Domini sub manibus sacerdotum et Levitarum quos distribuit David in domo Domini,Then Jehoiada appointed overseers in the house of the Lord, under the hands of the priests and Levites, whom David had distributed to the house of the Lord so that they might offer holocausts to the Lord,ut offerrent holocausta Domino, sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi,just as it was written in the law of Moses,in gaudio et canticis,with gladness and singing,juxta dispositionem David.in accord with the disposition of David.

¹⁸Constituit autem Jojada præpositos in domo Domini sub manibus sacerdotum et Levitarum quos distribuit David in domo Domini,Then Jehoiada appointed overseers in the house of the Lord, under the hands of the priests and Levites, whom David had distributed to the house of the Lord so that they might offer holocausts to the Lord,ut offerrent holocausta Domino, sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi,just as it was written in the law of Moses,in gaudio et canticis,with gladness and singing,juxta dispositionem David.in accord with the disposition of David.

¹⁹Constituit quoque janitores in portis domus Domini,Also, he appointed porters at the gates of the house of the Lord,ut non ingrederetur eam immundus in omni re.so that whoever was unclean for any reason would not enter.

¹⁹Constituit quoque janitores in portis domus Domini,Also, he appointed porters at the gates of the house of the Lord,ut non ingrederetur eam immundus in omni re.so that whoever was unclean for any reason would not enter.

²⁰Assumpsitque centuriones,And he took the centurions,et fortissimos viros,and the most valiant men,ac principes populi,and the leaders of the people,et omne vulgus terræ,and all the common people of the land,et fecerunt descendere regem de domo Domini,and they set out to descend to the king, from the house of the Lord,et introire per medium portæ superioris in domum regis,and to enter through the middle of the upper gate, to the house of the king.et collocaverunt eum in solio regali.And they placed him on the royal throne.

²⁰Assumpsitque centuriones,And he took the centurions,et fortissimos viros,and the most valiant men,ac principes populi,and the leaders of the people,et omne vulgus terræ,and all the common people of the land,et fecerunt descendere regem de domo Domini,and they set out to descend to the king, from the house of the Lord,et introire per medium portæ superioris in domum regis,and to enter through the middle of the upper gate, to the house of the king.et collocaverunt eum in solio regali.And they placed him on the royal throne.

²¹Lætatusque est omnis populus terræ,And all the people of the land were rejoicing,et urbs quievit:and the city was quieted.porro Athalia interfecta est gladio.But Athaliah was slain with the sword.

²¹Lætatusque est omnis populus terræ,And all the people of the land were rejoicing,et urbs quievit:and the city was quieted.porro Athalia interfecta est gladio.But Athaliah was slain with the sword.