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.
21. Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.