2 Kings 11:13-20

131When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people in the house of the Lord. 14She looked and behold, the king was standing 2by the pillar, according to the custom, with the captains and the 3trumpeters beside the king; and 4all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah 5tore her clothes and cried, “6Treason! Treason!” 15And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were appointed over the army and said to them, “Bring her out 7between the ranks, and whoever follows her put to death with the sword.” For the priest said, “Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.” 16So they 8seized her, and when she arrived at the horses’ entrance of the king’s house, she was 9put to death there.

17Then 10Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they would be the Lord’s people, also 11between the king and the people. 18All the people of the land went to 12the house of Baal, and tore it down; 13his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly, and 14killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed 15officers over the house of the Lord. 19He took the captains of hundreds and the 16Carites and the 17guards and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of 18the gate of the 19guards to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 20So 20all the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king’s house.