¹⁴ She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar,^(A) as the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets.^(B) Then Athaliah tore^(C) her robes and called out, “Treason! Treason!”^(D)

³¹ The king stood by his pillar^(A) and renewed the covenant^(B) in the presence of the Lord—to follow^(C) the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, and to obey the words of the covenant written in this book.

³ The king stood by the pillar^(A) and renewed the covenant^(B) in the presence of the Lord—to follow^(C) the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.

²³ Joram turned about and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery,^(A) Ahaziah!”

Threefold Hallelujah Over Babylon’s Fall

19 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude^(A) in heaven shouting:

³ And again they shouted:

⁴ The twenty-four elders^(J) and the four living creatures^(K) fell down^(L) and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:

⁵ Then a voice came from the throne, saying:

⁶ Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude,^(P) like the roar of rushing waters^(Q) and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:

³⁷ When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives,^(A) the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:

³⁹ Zadok the priest took the horn of oil^(A) from the sacred tent^(B) and anointed Solomon. Then they sounded the trumpet^(C) and all the people shouted,^(D) “Long live King Solomon!” ⁴⁰ And all the people went up after him, playing pipes^(E) and rejoicing greatly, so that the ground shook with the sound.

⁴⁰ Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies^(A) of flour, fig cakes, raisin^(B) cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy^(C) in Israel.