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15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, “Bring her forth outside the ranks; and him that followeth her kill with the sword.” For the priest had said, “Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.”

16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by which the horses came into the king’s house, and there was she slain.

17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord’S people, and also between the king and the people.

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