Jehoiada’s Reforms
17 Then 11:17–20 2Ch 23:16–21 Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord, the king, and the people that they would be the Lord’s people 11:17 Jos 24:25; 2Ch 34:31 and another covenant between the king and the people. 11:17 Some Gk versions, 2Ch 23:16 omit and another covenant between the king and the people, 11:17 1Sm 10:25; 2Sm 5:318 So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed its altars and images to pieces, 11:18 Dt 12:2–3; 2Kg 10:26–27 and they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, at the altars. 11:18 1Kg 18:40
Then Jehoiada the priest appointed guards for the Lord’s temple. 11:18 2Ch 23:1819 He took the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, 11:19 2Kg 11:4,6 and all the people of the land, and they brought the king from the Lord’s temple. They entered the king’s palace by way of the guards’ gate. Then Joash 11:19 2Kg 11:2–3,12 sat on the throne of the kings. 20 All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death by the sword in the king’s palace.