8 AmaLevi naye wonke uJuda benza njengakho konke uJehoyada umpristi ayale ngakho, bathatha, kwaba yilowo nalowo abantu bakhe ababeyakungena ngesabatha kanye nababeyakuphuma ngesabatha, ngokuba uJehoyada umpristi akamukisanga izigaba.
9 UJehoyada umpristi wanikela ezinduneni zamakhulu imikhonto namahawu nezihlangu okwakungokwenkosi uDavide, kusendlini kaNkulunkulu.
10 Wamisa abantu bonke, kwaba yilowo nalowo enesikhali sakhe esandleni sakhe, kusukela ohlangothini lokunene lwendlu kuze kube sohlangothini lwesokhohlo lwendlu, ngase-altare nasendlini nxazonke zenkosi.
11 Base beyikhipha indodana yenkosi, wayifaka umqhele, wayinika ubufakazi, bayibeka inkosi; uJehoyada namadodana akhe bayigcoba bathi: “Mana njalo, nkosi.”
12 U-Athaliya esezwa ukumemeza kwabantu begijima beyidumisa inkosi, waya kubantu endlini kaJehova,
13 wabuka; bheka, inkosi yayimi ngasensikeni yayo ekungeneni, izikhulu nabamacilongo bengasenkosini; bonke abantu bezwe bathokoza, bakhalisa amacilongo; abahlabeleli babetha izinto zokubethwa, bahola ukuhlabelela kwendumiso. U-Athaliya wayeseklebhula izingubo zakhe, wathi: “Ngugobe! Ngugobe!”
14 UJehoyada wayesezikhipha izinduna zamakhulu ezazibekwe phezu kwempi, wathi kuzo: “Mkhipheni endlini, nimngenise phakathi kwezinhla; omlandelayo nimbulale ngenkemba;” ngokuba umpristi wathi: “Ningambulali endlini kaJehova.”