(13) And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard {and} of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the Lord.

(14) And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner {was}, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

(15) But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.

(16) And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.

(12) Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the Lord:

(13) And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.

(14) Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the Lord.

(15) So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

3. When Athaliah unexpectedly heard the tumult and the acclamations, she was greatly disturbed in her mind, and suddenly issued out of the royal palace with her own army: and when she was come to the temple, the priests received her; but as for those that stood round about the temple, as they were ordered by the high priest to do, they hindered the armed men that followed her from going in.

But when Athaliah saw the child standing upon a pillar with the royal crown upon his head, she rent her clothes, and cried out vehemently, and commanded (her guards) to kill him that had laid snares for her, and endeavored to deprive her of the government; but Jehoiada called for the captains of hundreds, and commanded them to bring Athaliah to the valley of Cedron, and slay her there, for he would not have the temple defiled with the punishments of this pernicious woman; and he gave order, that if any one came near to help her, he should be slain also; wherefore those that had the charge of her slaughter took hold of her, and led her to the gate of the king's mules, and slew her there.

(17) And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord's people; between the king also and the people.

(18) And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they 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.

(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 brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

(18) Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by 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.

4. Now as soon what concerned Athaliah was, by this stratagem, after this manner, despatched, Jehoiada called together the people and armed men into the temple, and made them take an oath that they would be obedient to the king, and take care of his safety, and of the safety of his government; after which he obliged the king to give security (upon oath) that he would worship God, and not transgress the laws of Moses.

They than ran to the house of Baal, which Athaliah and her husband Jehoram had built, to the dishonor of the God of their fathers, and to the honor of Ahab, and demolished it, and slew Mattan, that had his priesthood.

But Jehoiada intrusted the care and custody of the temple to the priests and Levites, according to the appointment of King David, and enjoined them to bring their regular burnt-offerings twice a day, and to offer incense according to the law.

He also ordained some of the Levites, with the porters, to be a guard to the temple, that no one that was defiled might come there.