2 Kings 11:17-20
World English Bible
17 Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh’s people; also between the king and the people. 18 All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down. They broke his altars and his images in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over Yahweh’s house. 19 He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from Yahweh’s house, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. He sat on the throne of the kings. 20 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword at the king’s house.
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2 Kings 11:17-20
Christian Standard Bible
Jehoiada’s Reforms
17 Then(A) Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord, the king, and the people that they would be the Lord’s people(B) and another covenant between the king and the people.[a](C) 18 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,(D) and they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, at the altars.(E)
Then Jehoiada the priest appointed guards for the Lord’s temple.(F) 19 He took the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards,(G) 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(H) 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.
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- 11:17 Some Gk versions, 2Ch 23:16 omit and another covenant between the king and the people
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