Then she saw<n id="1" /> the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters stood beside the king and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes and yelled, &#8220;Treason! Treason!&#8221;<n id="2" />

King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters,<n id="1" /> afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.p>

Messengers<n id="1" /> delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.p> <p class="bodytext">This royal edict read:<n id="2" /> &#8220;O Israelites, return to the <sc>Lordsc> God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return<n id="3" /> to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria.<n id="4" />

Shaphan brought the scroll to the king and reported,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Your servants are doing everything assigned to them.

The king ordered Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah,<n id="1" /> Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king&#8217;s servant,

The king made silver and gold as plentiful<n id="1" /> in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was<n id="2" /> as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands.<n id="3" />

Then the king turned around<n id="1" /> and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.<n id="2" />

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures<n id="1" /> of hammered gold were used for each shield.

He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures<n id="1" /> of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses<n id="1" /> and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.<n id="2" />

The king made silver as plentiful<n id="1" /> in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was<n id="2" /> as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands<n id="3" />.

When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

<p class="bodytext">Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, &#8220;Return to me on the third day.&#8221;

Whenever the king visited the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.<n id="1" />p>

Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple and of the royal palace and sent it to King Ben Hadad of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:

All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, &#8220;Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the <sc>Lordsc> will hand it over to the king!&#8221;

The king said to him, &#8220;How many times must I make you solemnly promise in<n id="1" /> the name of the <sc>Lordsc> to tell me only the truth?&#8221;

Then the king of Israel said, &#8220;Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king&#8217;s son.

Say, &#8216;This is what the king says: &#8220;Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water<n id="1" /> until I return safely.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">When Athaliah heard the royal guard<n id="1" /> shouting and praising the king, she joined the crowd<n id="2" /> at the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.