16. And they laid hands on her: and thrust her out by the way by which the horses go in, by the palace, and she was slain there.
17. And Joiada made a covenant between the Lord, and the king, and the people, that they should be the people of the Lord, and between the king and the people.
18. And all the people of the land went into the temple of Baal, and broke down his altars, and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly: they slew also Mathan the priest of Baal before the altar. And the priest set guards in the house of the Lord.
19. And he took the centurions, and the bands of the Cerethi and the Phelethi, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king from the house of the Lord: and they came by the way of the gate of the shieldbearers into the palace, and he sat on the throne of the kings.
20. And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword in the king's house.
21. Now Joas was seven years old, when he began to reign.