And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
In the seventh year Jehoiada ... took the captains of hundreds ... - (see the notes at 2 Kings 11:4; 2 Kings 11:17.) The five officers mentioned here had probably formed part of the royal guard, and were known to be strongly disaffected to the government of Athaliah,