2 Kings 11:13-20

131When Athaliah heard the noise of the guards and of the people, she came to the people at the house of the Lord. 14And she 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 were joyful and were blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah 5tore her clothes and cried out, “6Conspiracy! Conspiracy!” 15And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were appointed over the army and said to them, “Bring her out between the ranks, and whoever follows her, put to death with the sword!” For the priest said, “She is not to be put to death at the house of the Lord.” 16So they 7seized her, and when 8they brought her to the horses’ entrance of the king’s house, she was 9put to death there.

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