2 Chronicles 23:12-21

12When Athaliah heard the royal guard shouting and praising the king, she joined the crowd at the Lord’s temple.

13Then she saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters stood beside the king and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes and yelled, “Treason! Treason!”

14Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, and ordered them, “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple.

15They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There they executed her.

16Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord.

17All the people went and demolished the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

18Jehoiada then assigned the duties of the Lord’s temple to the priests, the Levites whom David had assigned to the Lord’s temple. They were responsible for offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord with joy and music, according to the law of Moses and the edict of David.

19He posted guards at the gates of the Lord’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

20He summoned the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of land, and he then led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne.

21All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah.