రాజులు రెండవ గ్రంథము 11
1 అహజ్యా తల్లియైన అతల్యా తన కుమారుడు మృతి... బొందెనని తెలిసికొని లేచి రాజకుమారులనందరిని నాశనము చేసెను.
2 రాజైన యెహోరాము కుమార్తెయును అహ జ్యాకు సహోదరియునైన యెహోషెబ అహజ్యా కుమారు డైన యోవాషును, హతమైన రాజకుమారులతోకూడ చంపబడకుండ అతని రహస్యముగా తప్పించెను గనుక వారు అతనిని అతని దాదిని పడకగదిలో అతల్యాకు మరుగుగా ఉంచియుండుటచేత అతడు చంపబడ కుండెను.
3 అతల్యా దేశమును ఏలుచుండగా ఇతడు ఆరు సంవత్సరములు యెహోవా మందిరమందు దాదితో కూడ దాచబడి యుండెను.
4 ఏడవ సంవత్సరమందు యెహోయాదా కావలికాయు వారిమీదను రాజదేహ సంరక్షకులమీదను ఏర్పడియున్న శతాధిపతులను పిలువనంపించి, యెహోవా మందిరము లోనికి వారిని తీసికొని పోయి, యెహోవా మందిరమందు వారిచేత ప్రమాణము చేయించి వారితో నిబంధనచేసి, వారికి ఆ రాజు కుమారుని కనుపరచి యీలాగు ఆజ్ఞా పించెను
5 మీరు చేయవలసినదేమనగా, విశ్రాంతి దిన మున లోపల ప్రవేశించు మీరు మూడు భాగములై యొక భాగము రాజమందిరమునకు కావలి కాయువారై యుండవలెను;
6 ఒక భాగము సూరు గుమ్మముదగ్గర కాపు చేయవలెను, ఒక భాగము కాపు కాయువారి వెనుకటి గుమ్మమునొద్ద ఉండవలెను, ఈ ప్రకారము మందిరమును భద్రపరచుటకై మీరు దానిని కాచుకొని యుండవలెను.
7 మరియు విశ్రాంతి దినమున బయలుదేరు మీయందరిలో రెండు భాగములు రాజు దగ్గర యెహోవా మందిరమునకు కాపు కాయువారై యుండవలెను.
8 మీలో ప్రతి మనిషి తన తన ఆయుధములను చేత పట్టుకొని రాజుచుట్టు కాచుకొని యుండవలెను, ఎవడైనను పంక్తులలో ప్రవే శించినయెడల వాని చంపవలెను, రాజు బయలుదేరి సంచ రించునప్పుడెల్ల మీరు అతనియొద్ద ఉండవలెను.
9 శతాధి పతులు యాజకుడైన యెహోయాదా తమ కిచ్చిన ఆజ్ఞ లన్నిటి ప్రకారము చేసిరి, ప్రతి మనిషి తన తన మనుష్యులను తీసికొని విశ్రాంతిదినమున లోపల ప్రవేశింపవలసిన వారితోను, విశ్రాంతిదినమున బయలుదేరవలసిన వారితోను కలిసి యాజకుడైన యెహోయాదా యొద్దకు వచ్చెను.
10 యాజకుడు మందిరములో ఉన్న దావీదు ఈటెలను డాళ్లను శతాధిపతులకు అప్పగింపగా
11 కాపు కాయు వారిలో ప్రతి మనిషి తన తన ఆయుధములను చేత పట్టుకొని బలిపీఠముచెంతను మందిరముచెంతను మందిరము కుడి కొన మొదలుకొని యెడమ కొనవరకు రాజుచుట్టు నిలిచిరి.
12 అప్పుడు యాజకుడు రాజకుమారుని బయటకు తోడుకొనిపోయి అతని తలమీద కిరీటము పెట్టి, ధర్మ శాస్త్రగ్రంథమును అతని చేతికిచ్చిన తరువాత వారు అతని పట్టాభిషిక్తునిగా చేసి చప్పట్లుకొట్టిరాజు చిరంజీవియగునుగాకని చాటించిరి.
13 అతల్యా, కాయువారును జనులును కేకలువేయగా విని, యెహోవా మందిరమందున్న జనుల దగ్గరకు వచ్చి
14 రాజు ఎప్పటి మర్యాద చొప్పున ఒక స్తంభముదగ్గర నిలుచుటయు, అధిపతులును బాకా ఊదువారును రాజునొద్ద నిలువబడుటయు, దేశపు వారందరును సంతోషించుచు శృంగధ్వనిచేయుటయు చూచి తన వస్త్రములను చింపుకొనిద్రోహము ద్రోహము అని కేక వేయగా
15 యాజకుడైన యెహో యాదా సైన్యములోని శతాధిపతులకు యెహోవా మందిరమందు ఆమెను చంపకూడదు, పంక్తుల బయటికి ఆమెను వెళ్లగొట్టుడి; ఆమె పక్షపువారిని ఖడ్గముచేత చంపుడని ఆజ్ఞ ఇచ్చెను గనుక
16 రాజమందిరములోనికి గుఱ్ఱములు వచ్చు మార్గమున ఆమెకు దారి ఇచ్చిరి. ఆమె వెళ్లిపోగా వారు ఆమెను అక్కడ పట్టుకొని చంపిరి.
17 అప్పుడు యెహోయాదాజనులు యెహోవా వారని ఆయన పేరట రాజుతోను జనులతోను నిబంధన చేయించెను, మరియు అతడు రాజుపేరట జనులతో నిబంధన చేయించెను.
18 అప్పుడు దేశపు జనులందరును బయలు గుడికి పోయి దానిని పడగొట్టి దాని బలిపీఠములను ప్రతి మలను ఛిన్నాభిన్నములుచేసి, బయలునకు యాజకుడైన మత్తానును బలిపీఠముల ముందర చంపివేసిరి. మరియు యాజకుడైన యెహోయాదా యెహోవా మందిరమును కాచుకొనుటకు మనుష్యులను నియమించెను.
19 అతడు శతాధిపతులను అధికారులను కాపుకాయువారిని దేశపు జనులందరిని పిలిపింపగా వారు యెహోవా మందిరములో నున్న రాజునుతీసికొని, కాపుకాయువారి గుమ్మపు మార్గ మున రాజనగరునకు రాగా రాజు సింహాసనముమీద ఆసీనుడాయెను.
20 మరియు వారు రాజనగరు దగ్గర అతల్యాను ఖడ్గముచేత చంపిన తరువాత దేశపు జనులంద రును సంతోషించిరి, పట్టణమును నిమ్మళముగా ఉండెను.
21 యోవాషు ఏలనారంభించినప్పుడు అతడు ఏడేండ్లవాడు.
1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
2 But 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.
3 And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
4 And 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 shewed them the king’s son.
5 And 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;
6 And 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.
7 And 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.
8 And 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.
9 And 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.
10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the temple of the Lord.
11 And 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.
12 And 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.
13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the Lord.
14 And 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.
15 But 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.
16 And 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.
17 And 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.
18 And 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.
19 And 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.
20 And 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.
21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
1 Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.
2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
5 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
6 And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
8 I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.
10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
11 And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
12 Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
15 And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
16 The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
19 So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
21 The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the Lord.
23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.