13. When Athaliah heard the noise made by the guard and the people, she went to the people at the Lord’s temple
14. and saw the king standing by the royal pillar, as was the custom, with the commanders and trumpeters beside the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Athaliah ripped her clothes and screamed, "Treason! Treason!"
15. Then the priest Jehoiada ordered the unit commanders who were in charge of the army: "Take her out under guard," he told them, "and kill anyone who follows her." This was because the priest had said, "She must not be executed in the Lord’s temple."
16. They arrested her when she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate at the royal palace. She was executed there.
17. Jehoiada then made a covenant between the Lord, the king, and the people, that the people would belong to the Lord. The king and the people also made a covenant.
18. Then all the people of the land went to Baal’s temple and tore it down, smashing its altars and images into pieces. They executed Mattan, Baal’s priest, in front of the altars. The priest Jehoiada posted guards at the Lord’s temple.
19. Then he took the unit commanders, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they led the king down from the Lord’s temple, processing through the Guards’ Gate to the palace, where the king sat upon the royal throne.
20. All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was at peace now that Athaliah had been executed at the palace.
21. Jehoash was 7 years old when he became king.