Athalia killing al the kinges progenie (except loas, who is saued by his aunt) vsurpeth the kingdome. 4. But the seuenth yeare Ioiada the high priest crowneth loas king. 13. causeth Athalia to be slaine, 17. and maketh couenant betwen God, the king, and the people.
1Now Athalia, the mother of Ochozias, seeing that her son was dead, arose and slew all the royal seed.Ma Athalia madre di Ochozia, veggendo morto il suo figliuolo, si levò su, e uccise tutta la stirpe reale.BVT Athalia the mother of Ochozias seing her sonne dead, arose, and slew al the kinges seede.Athalia vero mater Ochoziæ, videns mortuum filium suum, surrexit, et interfecit omne semen regium. 2But Josaba the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, took Joas, the son of Ochozias, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, out of the bedchamber with his nurse: and hid him from the face of Athalia; so that he was not slain.Ma Josaba figliuola del re Joram, sorella di Ochozia prese Gioas figliuolo di Ochozia, trafugandolo dalla camera colla sua balia, di mezzo a' figliuoli del re, che eran messi a morte; e lo tenne nascosto alle ricerche di Athalia, affinchè non fosse messo a morte.But Iosaba king Iorams daughter, the sister of Ochozias, taking Ioas the sonne of Ochozias, stole him out of the middes of the kinges children, that were slaine, and his nurce out of the bedchamber: and hid him from the face of Athalia, that he should not be slaine.Tollens autem Josaba filia regis Joram, soror Ochoziæ, Joas filium Ochoziæ, furata est eum de medio filiorum regis qui interficiebantur, et nutricem ejus de triclinio: et abscondit eum a facie Athaliæ ut non interficeretur. 3And he was with her six years, hid in the house of the Lord. And Athalia reigned over the land.Ed egli stette segretamente con essa (balia) per sei anni nella casa del Signore: e Athalia regnò nel paese.And he was with her sixe yeares secretly in the house of our Lord. Moreouer Athalia reigned ouer the land.Eratque cum ea sex annis clam in domo Domini: porro Athalia regnavit super terram. 4And in the seventh year Joiada sent, and taking the centurions and soldiers, brought them in to him into the temple of the Lord, and made a covenant with them: and taking an oath of them in the house of the Lord, shewed them the king’s son:Ma l'anno settimo Joiada mandò a cercare i centurioni, e i soldati, e li fece venir a se nel tempio, del Signore, e fece lega con essi, e fatto prestar giuramento da essi nella casa del Signore, fece loro vedere il figliuolo del re:And in the seuenth yeare Ioiada sent and taking the centurions, and the souldiars brought them in to him into the temple of our Lord, and made a couenant with them: and adiuring them in the house of our Lord, shewed them the kinges sonne:Anno autem septimo misit Jojada, et assumens centuriones et milites, introduxit ad se in templum Domini, pepigitque cum eis fœdus: et adjurans eos in domo Domini, ostendit eis filium regis:
5And he commanded them, saying: This is the thing that you must do.E diede loro i suoi ordini, e disse: Ecco quello, che voi dovete fare:and commanded them, saying: This is the thing, which you must doe.et præcepit illis, dicens: Iste est sermo, quem facere debetis: 6Let a third part of you go in on the sabbath, and keep the watch of the king’s house. And let a third part be at the gate of Sur; and let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shieldbearers; and you shall keep the watch of the house of Messa.Una terza parte di voi entrando dì settimana sarà di guardia alla casa del re: un altro terzo starà alla porta di Sur; e un altro terzo alla porta, che è dietro all'appartamento delle guardie; e farete sentinella alla casa di Messa.Let the third part of you goe in on the Sabbath, and keepe the watch of the kinges house. And let a third part be at the gate Sur: & let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shildebearers: and you shal keepe the watch of the house of Messa.tertia pars vestrum introëat sabbato, et observet excubias domus regis. Tertia autem pars sit ad portam Sur, et tertia pars sit ad portam quæ est post habitaculum scutariorum: et custodietis excubias domus Messa. 7But let two parts of you all that go forth on the sabbath, keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.Due parti poi di quelli tra voi, che usciranno di settimana, staranno di sentinella alla casa del Signore intorno al re.But let two partes of you al that goe forth on the Sabbath, keepe the watch of the house of our Lord about the king.Duæ vero partes e vobis, omnes egredientes sabbato, custodiant excubias domus Domini circa regem. 8And you shall compass him round about, having weapons in your hands: and if any man shall enter the precinct of the temple, let him be slain: and you shall be with the king, coming in and going out.E lo circonderete colle armi alla mano: se alcuno entrerà nel recinto del tempio, sia messo a morte: e voi starete col re sia ch'egli venga, sia ch'egli vada.And you shal gard him round about, hauing weapons in your hands: & if anie man shal enter the precinct of the temple, let him be slaine: and you shal be with the king coming in & going out.Et vallabitis eum, habentes arma in manibus vestris: si quis autem ingressus fuerit septum templi, interficiatur: eritisque cum rege introëunte et egrediente. 9And the centurions did according to all things that Joiada the priest, had commanded them: and taking every one their men, that went in on the sabbath, with them that went out in the sabbath, came to Joiada, the priest.E i centurioni eseguirono appuntino gli ordini di Joiada Sacerdote: e prendendo ognuno di essi la sua gente, cioè quei che entravano, e quei, che uscivano di settimana, si presentarono a Joiada Sacerdote;And the centurions did according to al thinges, that Ioiada the priest had commanded them: & euerie one taking their men, that went in on the Sabbath, with them that went out in the Sabbath, came to Ioiada the priest.Et fecerunt centuriones juxta omnia quæ præceperat eis Jojada sacerdos: et assumentes singuli viros suos qui ingrediebantur sabbato, cum his qui egrediebantur sabbato, venerunt ad Jojadam sacerdotem.
10And he gave them the spears, and the arms of king David, which were in the house of the Lord.Il quale diede loro le lance, e le armi del re Davidde, le quali erano nella casa del Signore.Who gaue them the speares, & the weapons of king Dauid; which were in the house of our Lord.Qui dedit eis hastas et arma regis David, quæ erant in domo Domini. 11And they stood, having every one their weapons in their hands, from the right side of the temple, unto the left side of the altar, and of the temple, about the king.E presero tutti posto colle armi alla mano dal lato destro del tempio sino al lato sinistro dell'altare, e del tempio intorno al re.And they stood euerie one hauing their weapons in their hand, on the right side of the temple, vnto the leaft side of the altar, & of the temple, about the king.Et steterunt singuli habentes arma in manu sua, a parte templi dextera usque ad partem sinistram altaris et ædis, circum regem. 12And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the diadem upon him, and the testimony: and they made him king, and anointed him: and clapping their hands, they said: God save the king.E (Joiada) menò fuori il figliuolo del re, e gli pose in testa il diadema, e la legge: e lo fecero re, e lo unsero; e battendo palma a palma, dissero: Viva il re.And he brought forth the kinges sonne, and put vpon him the diademe, and the couenant: and they made him king, and anoynted him: and clapping with the hand, sayd: God saue the king.Produxitque filium regis, et posuit super eum diadema et testimonium: feceruntque eum regem, et unxerunt: et plaudentes manu, dixerunt: Vivat rex. 13And Athalia heard the noise of the people running: and going in to the people into the temple of the Lord,Or Athalia senti il rumore del popolo, che correva, e andò verso la moltitudine nel tempio del Signore,And Athalia heard the voice of people running: and she going in to the multitudes into the temple of our Lord,Audivit autem Athalia vocem populi currentis: et ingressa ad turbas in templum Domini, 14She saw the king standing upon a tribunal, as the manner was, and the singers, and the trumpets near him, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and sounding the trumpets: and she rent her garments, and cried: A conspiracy, a conspiracy.E vide il re, che stava sul trono secondo l'uso, e accanto a lui i cantori, e i trombetti, e tutto il popolo del paese in festa, che sonava le trombe; e stracciò le sue vesti, e gridò: Congiura, congiura.saw the king standing vpon the tribunal seate according to the maner, and the singers, and trumpettes nere him, and al the people of the land reioysing, and sounding the trumpettes: and she rent her garmentes, and cried: A conspiracie, a conspiracie.vidit regem stantem super tribunal juxta morem, et cantores, et tubas prope eum, omnemque populum terræ lætantem, et canentem tubis: et scidit vestimenta sua, clamavitque: Conjuratio, conjuratio.
15But Joiada commanded the centurions that were over the army, and said to them: Have her forth without the precinct of the temple, and whosoever shall follow her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest had said: Let her not be slain in the temple of the Lord.Ma Joiada fece comando ai centurioni, che soprastavano alle schiere, e disse loro: Conducetela fuori del recinto del tempio, e chiunque la seguirà sia ucciso di spada. Imperocché il sommo Sacerdote avea detto: Non sia ella uccisa nel tempio del Signore.But Ioiada commanded the centurions, that were ouer the armie, and sayd to them: Lead her forth without the precinct of the temple, and whosoeuer shal folow her, let him be striken with the sword. For the priest had sayd: Let her not be slaine in the temple of our Lord.Præcepit autem Jojada centurionibus qui erant super exercitum, et ait eis: Educite eam extra septa templi, et quicumque eam secutus fuerit, feriatur gladio. Dixerat enim sacerdos: Non occidatur in templo Domini. 16And they laid hands on her: and thrust her out by the way by which the horses go in, by the palace, and she was slain there.E quelli le messer le mani addosso, e la strascinarono per la strada della porta de' cavalli presso al palazzo, ed ivi ella fu uccisa.And they layd handes on her: and threw her by the way of the entrance of the horses, beside the palace, and she was slaine there.Imposueruntque ei manus, et impegerunt eam per viam introitus equorum, juxta palatium, et interfecta est ibi. 17And Joiada made a covenant between the Lord, and the king, and the people, that they should be the people of the Lord; and between the king and the people.Joiada adunque fermò l'alleanza del Signore col re, e col popolo, affinchè fosse popolo del Signore, e tral re, e il popolo.Ioiada therfore made a couenant betwen our Lord, and the king, and betwen the people, that it should be the people of our Lord, and betwen the king and the people.Pepigit ergo Jojada fœdus inter Dominum, et inter regem, et inter populum, ut esset populus Domini: et inter regem et populum. 18And all the people of the land went into the temple of Baal, and broke down his altars, and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly: they slew also Mathan the priest of Baal before the altar. And the priest set guards in the house of the Lord.E tutto il popolo del paese entrò nel tempio di Baal, e distrussero i suoi altari, e fecero in bricioli a furia le statue: e uccisero dinanzi all'altare lo stesso Mathan sacerdote di Baal. E il sommo Sacerdote pose guardie alla casa del Signore.And al the people of the land entered into the temple of Baal, and destroyed his altars, and his images they brake in peces stoutly: Mathan also the priest of Baal they slew before the altar. And the priest sette gardes in the house of our Lord.Ingressusque est omnis populus terræ templum Baal, et destruxerunt aras ejus, et imagines contriverunt valide: Mathan quoque sacerdotem Baal occiderunt coram altari. Et posuit sacerdos custodias in domo Domini.
19And he took the centurions, and the bands of the Cerethi, and the Phelethi, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king from the house of the Lord: and they came by the way of the gate of the shieldbearers into the palace, and he sat on the throne of the kings.E presi i centurioni, e le bande di Cereth, e di Pheleth, con tutto il popolo, condussero il re fuori della casa del Signore, e andarono al palazzo per la strada della porta delle guardie; ed egli si assise sul trono dei re.And he tooke the centurious, and the legions of Cerethi and Phelethi, and al the people of the land, and they brought the king from the house of our Lord: and they came by the way of the gate of the shildebearers into the palace, and he sate vpon the throne of the kinges.Tulitque centuriones, et Cerethi et Phelethi legiones, et omnem populum terræ, deduxeruntque regem de domo Domini: et venerunt per viam portæ scutariorum in palatium, et sedit super thronum regum. 20And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword in the king’s house.E tutto quanto il popolo del paese fu in festa, e la città fu tranquilla: e Athalia perì di spada nella casa del re.And al the people of the land reioysed, and the citie was quiet: but Athalia was slaine with the sword in the kinges house.Lætatusque est omnis populus terræ, et civitas conquievit: Athalia autem occisa est gladio in domo regis. 21Now Joas was seven years old when he began to reign.E Gioas avea sette anni, quando principiò a regnare.And Ioas was seuen yeares old, when he began to reigne.Septemque annorum erat Joas, cum regnare cœpisset.
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Year of the World 3120.
Worthington
Seed. What cruelties are occasioned by ambition! (Worthington)
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Calmet
Sister. She had probably a different mother, as she consented to the death of Athalia. (Calmet)
Haydock
But the crimes of the latter required such a punishment; and even a daughter would have done wrong to screen her. (Haydock)
Josabeth, as she is called in 2 Paralipomenon 22:11., was married to Joiada the high priest, ibid.[2 Paralipomenon 22:11.]
Calmet
Out of. Hebrew and Paralipomenon, "hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bed-chamber" of the priest, in the temple; (Salien) different from that bed-chamber in which he had hitherto been nursed. Thus the passage may be reconciled. (Menochius) (Calmet)
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Lord. The case was so extraordinary, that he high priest dispensed with a woman lodging in those apartments.
Calmet
Land, for six years, by usurpation. Women were commonly excluded, and she was not of the race of David, 4 Kings 8:26. (Calmet)
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Year of the World 3126, Year before Christ 878.
Menochius
Year, of the age of Joas, ver. 21. (Menochius)
Haydock
Centurions. Five in number of the tribe of Levi, (Menochius) commanding each 100 men. Hebrew adds "the rams," (Calmet) to denote "the captains (Protestants) and the runners," or guards. (Haydock)
Calmet
Joiada was a man of great authority, virtue, and discretion; so that he was able to manage this delicate affair, and no one gave information to Athalia, as she was detested. The Levites and principal men of Juda were admonished, underhand, to be present on the day appointed. The quality of high priest, and the known probity and zeal for the public good, which were conspicuous in Joiada, as well as his being so nearly related to the lawful heir to the crown, made the people readily come forward. (Calmet)
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Sabbath. On this day the Levites replaced each other; so that many might assemble without suspicion. They guarded the king's apartments in the temple.
Calmet
The gate of Sur, or of the foundation, (2 Paralipomenon 23:5.) and the western gate leading to the palace. (Calmet)
Menochius
Sur, or "the gate of the lords," (Chaldean) is generally supposed to be on the opposite side. (Menochius)
Haydock
But this is uncertain, as well as the situation of Messa, which is perhaps the Musach, 4 Kings 16:18. This was probably some building or covert adjoining the temple, (Calmet) either belonging to some private person, (Menochius) or designed to contain the ashes, etc., taken from the temple; (Villalpand 2:32.) or a tribune for the king in the temple. (Haydock)
Menochius
The Chaldean seems to have explained it as an adverb, sollicitè, "with diligence," (Menochius) as well as the Septuagint, (Du Hamel) which is consonant to Vatable; you shall guard the house "from desertion." Let no one quit his post. (Menochius)
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Calmet
Of you. Levites, who waited on the king's person alternately. (Calmet)
Menochius
They were divided into three parts, being in actual service, ver. 6. Those who went out of office were twice the number, and are here told what to do. Sa thinks that those who entered upon duty, and those who went out, formed two thirds of the Levites, ver. 9., and 2 Paralipomenon 23:8. (Menochius)
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Calmet
Temple, to cause confusion, Syriac, etc. The court of the priests, (Ezechiel 41:9.) and that of Israel, (Josephus, [Antiquities?] 8:4.) were separated by walls, beyond which strangers were not allowed to pass. (Calmet)
Menochius
Slain, being first cast out, ver. 15. (Menochius)
Worthington
Great respect is due to holy places, and hence comes the privilege of sanctuaries. (Worthington)
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Calmet
David. There was a sort of arsenal in the temple, containing arms consecrated to the Lord by David and his valiant men, in memory of their victories, 2 Kings 8:11., and 1 Paralipomenon 18:11. The usual band of Levites had proper arms, but more were employed on this occasion. (Calmet)
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Calmet
Right, or south, leading to the palace, (Menochius) whence the greatest danger was feared. (Calmet)
Menochius
Altar of holocausts, that it might not impede the sight of the king. (Menochius)
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Challoner
The testimony. The book of the law. (Challoner)
Thevenot
So Job (xxxi. 35, 36.) wished to have the sentence pronounced by God as a crown upon his head. The Orientals still lift to their heads the letters which they have received from people whom they wish to honour. (Thevenot, 46.)
Some think that the diadem was adorned with phylacteries, or scrolls, containing parts of the law, (Grotius) particularly what related to the king; (Haydock) or that Joas held in his hand a roll of vellum, containing those instructions, (Deuteronomy 17:18., and 2 Paralipomenon 23:11.) instead of a sceptre.
Calmet
Anointed him, by the hands of Joiada; as this ceremony was requisite on account of the usurpation of Athalia. In peaceable times the unction was not given, (Calmet) according to the Jews, (Haydock) whose sentiment is elsewhere shewn to be unsatisfactory. (Calmet)
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Haydock
Going in. She must have been attended by a strong guard, to force the passage through the Levites at the door. (Haydock)
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Challoner
A tribunal. A tribune, or place elevated above the rest. (Challoner)
Hebrew, "on a pillar." Solomon had stood upon one of brass, three cubits high and five broad. See 4 Kings 23:3., and 2 Paralipomenon 6:13.
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Haydock
Precinct. Hebrew sederoth, (untranslated by the Septuagint and (Haydock) improperly supposed by Josephus to be the torrent Cedron) means, "the ranks" of the guards, (Calmet) or, "ranges" of the sacred buildings, which her impure blood must not defile. (Haydock)
Menochius
Follow her, as an accomplice. (Menochius)
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Haydock
Thrust. Hebrew, "and she went by the way by which the horses enter the king's house. When she was come within the horse-gate of the palace, they killed her there," 2 Paralipomenon 23:15. Such was the ignominious end of this true daughter of Jezabel! (Haydock)
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Haydock
People. Joiada, as mediator (Calmet) between God, the king, and the people, engaged the two latter to be faithful to their common Lord, and to each other. They promised mutually to observe the laws, and, on that condition, the high priest gave them an assurance that God would protect them. (Haydock)
Calmet
The covenant entered into by their fathers (Exodus 19:5.) was renewed. (Calmet)
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Altar. Many of the sacred ornaments belonging to the temple had been transported to the house of Baal, probably on Mount Olivet, where Solomon had formerly erected such buildings, 3 Kings 11:5., and 2 Paralipomenon 24:7. The reform of the state justly, therefore, began with the destruction of this profane and sacrilegious place.
Calmet
Lord, according to the former regulations, which had been lately ill observed, to prevent any thing unclean from coming in, 2 Paralipomenon 23:19. (Calmet)
Haydock
Septuagint, "the priest placed overseers (episkopons) in the house of the Lord. (Haydock)
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Haydock
Phelethi. In the Hebrew of the books of Kings we read nothing of these bands after the reign of David. The same expressions occur here as [in] ver. 4., "the centurions, the rams, (or captains) and the runners," (Calmet) or guards. (Protestants) (Haydock)
Gate, on the west. Athalia had probably entered by the south.
Calmet
Kings. It was made of ivory, etc., 3 Kings 10:18. (Calmet)
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The testimony.... The book of the law.
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A tribunal.... A tribune, or a place elevated above the rest.
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Ambition cause of much crueltie.
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Our Sauiour calleth this high priest, Zacharias; which signifieth blessed of our Lord, for the iustice which he did towards Athalia and Ioas. S. Hierom. li. 4. in Math. c. 23.
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Great respect is to be had of holie places. VVherof cometh the priuilege of Sanctuaries.
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papa san Gregorio I Magno † 604 d.C. The Book of Pastoral Rule 1.3
… xv. 17, 30 ); for, desirous of being honoured before the people while unwilling to be publicly blamed, he cut off from himself even him who had anointed him to the kingdom. Thus David, who in the judgment of Him who chose him was well pleasing to Him in almost all his deeds, as soon as the weight of pressure was removed, broke out into a swelling sore (
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papa san Gregorio I Magno † 604 d.C. The Book of Pastoral Rule 1.3
… 3 , seq .), and, having been as a laxly running one in his appetite for the woman, became as a cruelly hard one in the slaughter of the man; and he who had before known pitifully how to spare the bad learnt afterwards, without impediment of hesitation, to pant even for the death of the good (
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1. Athalia vero mater Ochoziæ, videns mortuum filium suum (Ochoziam occisum a Jehu, cap. ix, vers. 27,) surrexit (erexit se), et interfecit omne semen regium, — scilicet omnes Ochoziæ regis filiique sui filios, ideoque nepotes suos cæterosque ex regibus prognatos. «Athalia» impia filia fuit impii Achab et Jezabelis, nupta Joram filio Josaphat regi Juda, ex eoque genuit Ochoziam: quare videns Ochoziam filium a Jehu occisum, regnum arripuit, omnesque filios regis, quorum erat avia, interfecit.
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2. Tollens autem Josaba filia regis Joram, soror Ochoziæ, Joas filium Ochoziæ, furata est eum, etc., et abscondit eum a facie Athaliæ, ut non interficeretur. — Josephus, lib. IX Antiq. cap. vii, asserit Josabam fuisse uxorem Joiadæ Pontificis, ideoque Joiadam quasi avunculum Joas, et quasi Pontificem eum in regnum restituisse. Errat ergo Philo, vel potius Pseudo-Philo in breviario temporum, quem secuti sunt Joannes Annius et Joannes Lucidus, dicens, in Ochozia defecisse stirpem Salomonis, quotquot enim eum sequuntur, descendere ex Nathan non ex Salomone; nam diserte Joas hic vocatur filius Ochoziæ, qui ex Salomone, non ex Nathan descendit. Frivolum ergo est quod iidem addunt, idcirco Joas, Amasiam et Ochoziam omitti in genealogia Christi, Matth. i, quod in Ochozia defecerit stirps Salomonis.
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6. Tertia pars vestrum introeat sabbato (domum Domini sive templum), et observet excubias domus regis, — id est custodiat portam templi vergentem ad regiam. Ita Abulensis, Cajetanus et alii. Fecit Joiada milites in tres partes, ut tria loca necessaria ad novi regis tutelam, et ad Athaliæ comprehensionem custodirent. Porro militum horum majorem partem Joiada assumpsit ex Levitis, quibus ipse præerat quasi Pontifex, ut conjuratio foret secretior et tutior; si enim sæculares assumpsisset, utique id statim rescivisset Athalia, eosque oppressisset. Hinc et sabbato detinuit Levitas, qui vice sua hebdomadaria perfuncti, de more domum suam erant redituri, ut majorem ex eis militum numerum conflaret. Hinc quoque Centuriones quinque assumpsit ex Levitis, qui reliquos Levitas per urbes Juda sparsos ad se congregarent, nimirum Azariam filium Jeroham, Ismael filium Johanan, Azariam filium Obed, Maasiam filium Adaiæ, et Elisaphat filium Zechri, ut dicitur II Paral. xxiii, 4. Porro Levitæ hi sine armis veniebant ad templum, quasi in eo ministraturi: sed Joiada Pontifex ibidem dabat eis hastas, lanceas, clypeos et peltas, ut ibidem dicitur vers. 9 et hic 10. Et tertia pars sit ad portam, quæ est post habitaculum scutariorum. — Hæc est porta, qua a domo Domini sive a templo descendebatur in regiam, ut patet, vers. 3, quæ II Paral. xxiii, 20, vocatur «superior.»
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7. Duæ vero partes e vobis, omnes egredientes sabbato, custodiant excubias domus Domini circa regem. — Nota, singulis sabbatis ministros, puta sacerdotes et Levitas, in templo ad ministrandum mutari solitos, ut per hebdomadas successive singuli sua vice ministrarent, juxta ordinem a Davide præscriptum I Paral. xxiv, 3 et seq., utrosque ergo, hoc est utriusque septimanæ, scilicet unius finientis, et alterius inchoantis ministros detinuit Joiada, et novos quidem ingredientes ad ministerium templi, in tres partes sive classes divisit, singulisque portam unam custodiendam demandavit, veteres vero sive egredientes, in duas partes distribuit, quæ novum regem Joas puerum custodirent, ut hoc versu dicitur. Ita Abulensis.
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8. Si quis autem ingressus fuerit septum templi, interficiatur. — Arctissime enim hic servanda erat disciplina militaris custodiæ, ne vel ordines turba affluente turbarentur, vel Athalia milites sive ministros suos immitteret, qui puerum regem interciperent, aut occiderent.
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12. Produxitque filium regis, et posuit super eum diadema (coronavit enim eum in regem), et testimonium. — Pro diadema Hebraice est נזר nezer, pro quo Septuaginta vertunt ἁγίασμα, id est sanctificationem, per quam Theodoretus intelligit chrisma; verum de chrismate et unctione Joas paulo post sequitur, ac nezer significat diadema, sive coronam regiam, quam Septuaginta vocant sanctificationem, quia illa in sancto templo asservabatur, ut regi fideli Israelis, quasi a Deo electo et sanctificato imponeretur. Ita Abulensis. Per testimonium Pagninus et Vatablus intelligunt vestem regiam, puta purpuram sive paludamentum purpureum. Melius alii accipiunt Deuteronomium: hoc enim regi novo dari jusserat Deus Deuteronom. xvii, 18 et 19, ut rex ex eo disceret officii sui esse et Deum pie colere, et subditos benevole instar parentis regere. Ita Abulensis, Cajetanus et alii,
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14. Populum terræ, — id est plebem, hæc enim vilis est, et «in terram» quasi abjecta, ac in terrena projecta.
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16. Et impegerunt eam, — id est impactis manibus vi extraxerunt eam extra templum, ut foris eam occiderent, ne templum cæde et sanguine tam impiæ mulieris polluerent.
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19. Cerethi et Phelethi, — quinam hi fuerint dixi lib. II, cap. viii. Hebraice est duces et cursores, id est milites expeditos, uti sunt velites. Noster nominavit, Cerethi et Phelethi, quia hi erant prætoriani et fortissimi milites, qui in hoc facinore maxime erant necessarii.
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20. Occisa est gladio in domo regis, — id est juxta domum, sive palatium regis, ut dictum est vers. 16. Congrue ibi cæditur, ubi peccarat; invaserat enim palatium et regnum. Quare verum non est quod ait Josephus, lib. IX, cap. vii, Athaliam protractam fuisse ad torrentem Cedron, ibique occisam; fieri tamen potuit, ut cadaver occisæ in torrentem Cedron projiceretur. Athaliæ et Jezabeli similis in impietate æque ac Numinis vindicta tempore S. Gregorii Magni Pontificis fuit Brunichildis multorum regum Franciæ mater et avia. Hæc enim ut perpetuo regnaret, ac regina moreretur, Theodoricum regem, cujus ipsa erat avia, concubinarum amoribus implicatum detinebat, ideoque S. Columbanum eum redargentem Gallia expulit ac Desiderium Viennensem et Delfinum Lugdunensem Episcopos occidit, atque decem reges sua opera et consilio extinxit; sed tandem a Clothario rege capta, ac camelo primo imposita et circumducta ludibrium fuit toti populo, deinde indomiti equi caudæ per capillos alligata, raptataque, calcibus equi dispersum fuit ejus cerebrum, reliqua vero membra per aspera saxa, sentes et rupes protracta, discerpta fuere, uti ex Aimoino narrat Baronius anno Christi 614.
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… che, dopo la morte di questo re, sterminò tutti i discendenti di stirpe reale (842-836 a. C.). Il bambino, allevato nascostamente nel Tempio per cura di lei e del marito Ioiada, quando ebbe raggiunta l'età di sette anni fu acclamato re dalla nazione (II Reg. 11, 1-4; II Par. 22, 10-12). Non risulta che la madre di I. fosse la detta regina Athalia, come suppone Fl. Giuseppe (Antiq. …
RE, I E II (III E IV) LIBRO DEI
… del medesimo (ibid. 4, 20-34), il racconto della visita della Regina di Saba (ibid. 10, 1-29); altre di origine sacerdotale, che narrano la costruzione del Tempio (ibid. 6, 1-7, 50), la rivolta contro Athalia, organizzata dal sommo sacerdote Ioiada (II Reg. 11, 1-20), i restauri del Tempio sotto Ioas (ibid. 12, 1-16), la riforma religiosa di Giosia (ibid. 22, 3-23, 27) ecc.; altre, infine, d'origine profetica, donde l'invettiva di un profeta contro …
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Nell'842 l'empia Athalia usurpa il trono e ne stermina la razza davidica (II Reg. 11, 4); Ioas, che le sfugge, si abbandona all'idolatria, mentre Hazael, re di Siria, invade la città e non si ritira finché non abbia ricevuto le abbondanti ricchezze del tesoro del Tempio …
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… Rappresenterebbe il har hawa-mafīth («monte della perdizione»); II Reg. 23,13), di fronte a Gerusalemme (ibid. 11,7), dove Salomone consacrò alcune «alture» alle divinità delle sue donne straniere.
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… La sua porta non aveva battenti (I Reg. 6, 3; II Reg. 11, 10). Gli atri erano due (II Reg. 21, 5; 23, 12; II Par. 33, 5). L'atrio esterno (ibid. 4, 9; cf. Ez. 10, 17) era un quadrato, recinto di muro e lastricato con pietre. …
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BAAL (BA'AL = «SIGNORE, PADRONE, POSSESSORE»)
B. era venerato sui terrazzi delle case (Ier. 32, 29; II Reg. 23,12), nei templi (I Reg. 16,32; II Reg. 10, 21-27; 11,18) e specialmente sui bāmōth (v. BĀMĀH); cf. Ier. 19,5; 32,35; I Reg. 18,20. Intorno alle are si erigevano gli ḥammānīm e si offrivano a B. anche vittime umane. …
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