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14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over the host, and said unto them, “Take her forth among the ranks. And whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword.” For the priest said, “Slay her not in the house of the Lord.”

15 So they laid hands on her; and when she had come to the entrance of the Horse Gate by the king’s house, they slew her there.

16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him and between all the people and between the king, that they should be the Lord’S people.

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