2 Kings 11:11-13

New International Reader's Version

¹¹ The guards stationed themselves around the new king. Each of them had his weapon in his hand. They were near the altar and the temple. They stood from the south side of the temple to its north side.

¹² Jehoiada brought out Ahaziah’s son. He put the crown on him. He gave him a copy of the covenant. And he announced that Joash was king. Jehoiada and his sons anointed him. The people clapped their hands. Then they shouted, “May the king live a long time!”

¹³ Athaliah heard the noise the guards and the people were making. So she went to the people at the Lord’s temple.