¹And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

¹亞他利雅弄權（代下22:10~12）亞哈謝的母親亞他利雅看見自己的兒子死了，就起來消滅王室所有的後裔。

²But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

²但約蘭王的女兒，亞哈謝的妹妹約示巴，把亞哈謝的兒子約阿施從正要被殺的王子中偷了出來，把他和他的乳母藏在臥室裡面；他們把他收藏起來，躲避亞他利雅，免得他被殺死。

³And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

³約阿施和他的乳母在耶和華的殿中躲藏了六年；亞他利雅卻作王統治那地。

⁴And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son.

⁴耶何耶大等人立約輔助王子（代下23:1~11）在第七年，耶何耶大派人把迦利人和衛兵的眾百夫長帶來，領他們進入耶和華的殿中，和他們立約，使他們在耶和華的殿裡起誓，然後把王子帶出來和他們見面。

⁵And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

⁵他又吩咐他們說：“你們要這樣作：你們在安息日值班的，三分之一要守衛王宮；

⁶And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

⁶三分之一要在蘇珥門；三分之一要在衛兵院的後門；你們要輪班把守王宮。

⁷And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

⁷你們在安息日不用當值的兩班人，要為王的緣故守衛耶和華的殿。

⁸And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.

⁸你們要在四周圍護著王，各人手中要拿著自己的武器。擅自闖入班次的，必被處死。王出入的時候，你們要緊隨左右。”

⁹And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

⁹於是眾百夫長照著耶何耶大祭司的一切吩咐去行。他們各自率領人馬，無論在安息日值班或不用當值的，都來到耶何耶大祭司那裡。

¹⁰And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

¹⁰耶何耶大就把藏在耶和華殿裡，屬於大衛王的矛槍和盾牌交給眾百夫長。

¹¹And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

¹¹各衛兵手持兵器，從殿的右面到殿的左面，面對祭壇和殿，圍繞著王侍立。

¹²And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

¹²耶何耶大領王子出來，把王冠戴在他的頭上，又把約書交給他。他們就擁立他為王，用膏膏他，並且拍掌，說：“願王萬歲！”

¹³And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.

¹³亞他利雅被殺（代下23:12~15）亞他利雅聽見衛兵和民眾的聲音，就進到耶和華的殿、眾民那裡去。

¹⁴And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

¹⁴她看見王子按著規例站在柱旁那裡，首領和號手在王的旁邊，當地所有的人民歡樂吹號。亞他利雅於是撕裂衣服，呼叫：“反了！反了！”

¹⁵But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

¹⁵耶何耶大祭司吩咐眾百夫長，就是統領軍兵的，對他們說：“把她從各班軍兵中趕出去，跟隨她的，都要用刀殺死。”因為祭司說：“不可在耶和華的殿內殺死她。”

¹⁶And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.

¹⁶於是他們下手拿住她；她回到王宮的馬門的時候，就在那裡被人殺死。

¹⁷And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people.

¹⁷耶何耶大的改革（代下23:16~21）耶何耶大又使王和人民與耶和華立約，好使他們作耶和華的人民；又使王與人民立約。

¹⁸And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

¹⁸然後當地所有的人民都來到巴力廟，把它拆毀，把它的壇和像完全打碎，又在祭壇前把巴力的祭司瑪坦殺了。耶何耶大祭司又設立官員管理耶和華的殿。

¹⁹And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

¹⁹他又率領眾百夫長、迦利人、衛兵和當地所有的人民，護送王從耶和華的殿下來，經衛兵的門進入王宮。這樣，約阿施就坐上了王位。

²⁰And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

²⁰當地所有的人民都歡樂，闔城平靜；至於亞他利雅，他們在王宮用刀把她殺死了。

²¹Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

²¹約阿施作王的時候，只有七歲。（本節在《馬索拉抄本》為12:1）