2 Chronicles 23:12-21

2 Chronicles 23:12-21

[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  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,  [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. [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,  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.  [19] And he set  the porters  at the gates  of the house  of the LORD,  that none which was unclean  in any thing  should enter in.  [20] And he took  the captains  of hundreds,  and the nobles,  and the governors  of the people,  of the land,  and brought down  the king  from the house  of the LORD:  and they came  through  the high  gate  into the king's  house,  and set  the king  upon the throne  of the kingdom.  [21] And all the people  of the land  rejoiced:  and the city  was quiet,  after that they had slain  Athaliah  with the sword.