13. Then Athaliah heard the sound of the guards and the people, so she came to the people in the house of the Lord.
14. Then she looked, and the king was standing by a pillar according to custom, the captains and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. So Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Conspiracy, conspiracy!”
15. But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds, those appointed over the forces, “Bring her out of the house to the ranks, and kill with the sword whoever follows her.” For the priest had said, “Let her not be killed in the house of the Lord.”
16. So they laid hands on her, and she came through the horses’ entrance into the king’s house. Then she was put to death there.
17. Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the people of the Lord, and also between the king and the people.
18. Then all the people of the land entered the house of Baal and broke down its altars. His images they thoroughly broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.The priest put appointees over the house ofthe Lord.
19. He took the captains of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land. Then they brought down the king from the house of the Lord and marched through the gate of the guards to the king’s house. Then he sat on the throne of the kings.
20. All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had killed Athaliah with the sword at the king’s house.
21. Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.