Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation<n id="1" /> Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard.<n id="2" /> You will take turns guarding the palace.<n id="3" />

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

<p class="bodytext">When he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Jehu ordered the royal guard<n id="1" /> and officers, &#8220;Come in and strike them down! Don&#8217;t let any escape!&#8221; So the royal guard and officers struck them down with the sword and left their bodies lying there.<n id="2" /> Then they entered the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal.<n id="3" />

He took the officers of the units of hundreds, the Carians, the royal bodyguard, and all the people of land, and together they led the king down from the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Gate of the Royal Bodyguard,<n id="1" /> and the king<n id="2" /> sat down on the royal throne.

She called to her husband, &#8220;Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can go see the prophet quickly and then return.&#8221;

Now, run to meet her and ask her, &#8216;Are you well? Are your husband and the boy well?&#8217;&#8221; She told Gehazi,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Everything&#8217;s fine.&#8221;

So Gehazi ran after Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him and asked, &#8220;Is everything all right?&#8221;<n id="1" />

The royal bodyguard<n id="1" /> took their stations, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king.<n id="2" />

Gehazi, the prophet Elisha&#8217;s servant, thought,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him.<n id="2" /> As certainly as the <sc>Lordsc> lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned<n id="1" /> the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians<n id="2" /> and the royal bodyguard.<n id="3" /> He met with them<n id="4" /> in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple. He made an agreement<n id="5" /> with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple. Then he showed them the king&#8217;s son.

The king tore down the altars the kings of Judah had set up on the roof of Ahaz&#8217;s upper room, as well as the altars Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple. He crushed them up<n id="1" /> and threw the dust in the Kidron Valley.