2 Kings 11:17-20 - Jehoiada's Reforms

¹⁷ Then Jehoiada entered into a covenant with the LORD, the king, and the people, that they would live as the LORD's people, and also entered into a covenant with the king and the people. ¹⁸ Then all of the people of the land entered Baal's temple, tore it down, and broke his altars and his images to pieces, killing Mattan the priest of Baal right in front of the altars. Furthermore, Jehoiada the priest appointed officers to guard the LORD's Temple, ¹⁹ and brought the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, taking the king out of the LORD's Temple, marching through the guard's gate to the king's palace, where Joash took his seat on the throne of the kings. ²⁰ After this, everyone throughout the land rejoiced and the city was at peace, because they had executed Athaliah at the king's palace.

¹⁶ After this, Jehoiada drew up a covenant between himself as an individual with all the people, and between himself as king, that they would be the LORD's people. ¹⁷ Then all the people went to the temple of Baal, broke its altars and idols to pieces, and executed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars.

¹⁸ Jehoiada also placed the offices of the LORD's Temple under the authority of the Levitical priests whom David had assigned over the LORD's Temple, just as is required by the Law of Moses, to offer the LORD's burnt offerings with joy and singing, just as David had ordered. ¹⁹ Jehoiada also stationed inspectors at the LORD's Temple so that no one would enter who was ritually unclean in any manner. ²⁰ He also took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the people's governors, and all the people of the land, and they all marched with the king from the LORD's Temple through the upper gate to the royal palace, where they installed the king on his royal throne. ²¹ There all of the people of the land rejoiced and the city stayed quiet, because they had executed Athaliah with a sword.