JOAS, JOAD, JOSABET, ZACHARIAH, SALOMITH, AZARIAH,
ISHMAEL, THREE OTHER LEVITE CHIEFS, THE CHOIR.

JOSABET (embracing Joas).

O king, offspring of David!


JOAS.
My only mother! Come, dear Zachariah,
Embrace me.


JOSABET (to Zachariah).
My son, prostrate yourself before your king.


JOAD (whilst they embrace.)
Children, may thus your hearts be always one.


JOSABET (to Joas).
You know then to what source you owe your life?


JOAS.
And also know the hand, which, but for you,
Had robbed me of it.


JOSABET.
I then can call you by your own name, Joas.


JOAS.
Joas will never cease to love you.


THE CHOIR.
What! is it—


JOSABET.
It is Joas.


JOAD.
Let us hear that Levite.