2 Kings 11:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 So they seized her, and when she reached the Horse Gate of the king’s house, she was put to death.
17 (A)Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people,[a] by which they would be the Lord’s people; and another between the king and the people. 18 Thereupon all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and demolished it. They shattered its altars and images completely, and slew Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altars. Jehoiada the priest appointed a detachment for the house of the Lord,
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