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He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean
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And he took the captains, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, marching through the upper gate to the king's house. And they set the king upon the royal throne.
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So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet, after Athali'ah had been slain with the sword
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