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

¹⁷ Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; and likewise between the king and the people. ¹⁸ And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal and broke it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly and slew Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. ¹⁹ And he took the rulers over hundreds and the captains and the guard and all the people of the land, and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. ²⁰ And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was at rest after they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

¹⁶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between him and between all the people and between the king that they should be the LORD's people. ¹⁷ Then all the people went to the house of Baal and broke it down and broke in pieces his altars and his images and slew Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altars.

¹⁸ Also Jehoiada ordered the offices of the house of the LORD under the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David. ¹⁹ He also set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD so that there should be no way for anyone who was unclean to enter in. ²⁰ Then he took the captains of hundreds and the nobles and those that governed the people and all the people of the land and brought down the king from the house of the LORD; and they came through the high gate into the king's house and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. ²¹ And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was at rest after they had slain Athaliah with the sword.