14. Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains who were set over the army, saying to them, “Bring her out between the ranks, and anyone who follows her is to be put to death with the sword.” For the priest said, “Do not put her to death in the house of the Lord.”
15. So they laid hands on her, and she went into the entrance of the horse gate of the king’s house, and they put her to death there.
16. And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the Lord’s people.
17. Then all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
18. And Jehoiada posted watchmen for the house of the Lord under the direction of the Levitical priests and the Levites whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the Lord, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
19. He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean.
20. And he took the captains, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the Lord, marching through the upper gate to the king’s house. And they set the king on the royal throne.
21. So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been put to death with the sword.