18. Then Jehoiada gave the charge of the Lord’s house into the hands of the levitical priests, to whom David had assigned turns in the Lord’s house for sacrificing the burnt offerings of the Lord, as is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as David had provided.
19. Moreover, he stationed guards at the gates of the Lord’s house so that no one unclean in any respect might enter.
20. Then he took the captains, the nobles, the rulers among the people, and all the people of the land, and led the king out of the Lord’s house; they came within the upper gate of the king’s house, and seated the king upon the royal throne.
21. All the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet, now that Athaliah had been slain with the sword.