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11 Then he brought out the king’s son, put a crown on him, and presented him with the Testimony,[a]

Joash is Crowned and Athaliah Executed(A)

12 When Athaliah heard all the commotion of the people running around and praising the king, she went straight to the Lord’s Temple to confront[b] the people. 13 She looked around, and there was the king, standing by his pillar at the gate, accompanied by officers and trumpeters who stood beside the king, along with all the people of the land rejoicing and sounding trumpets while singers lead the celebration with their musical instruments. Athaliah tore her robes and yelled “Treason! Treason!”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 23:11 I.e. the tablets that were stored in the ark; cf. Ex 25:16, 31:18
  2. 2 Chronicles 23:12 The Heb. lacks confront