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Joash Crowned King of Judah

1 In athe seventh year bJehoiada strengthened himself, and made a covenant with the captains of hundreds: Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of cObed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri.  
2 And they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the achief fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.  
3 Then all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said to them, “Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the Lord has asaid of the sons of David.  
4 This is what you shall do: One-third of you aentering on the Sabbath, of the priests and the Levites, shall be keeping watch over the doors;  
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2 Chronicles 23:2

Jehoiada was unwilling to trust the success of the revolution wholly and entirely to the royal body-guard. Accordingly, the captains collected from the cities of Judah a strong body of Levites and the chief of the fathers of Israel (i. e. "Judah," see II Chronicles 20:34 note) who were brought up to Jerusalem.




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