2Ch 23:16-21 | ESV | STEP | And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the Lord’s people .

2 Chronicles 23:16-21

Jehoiada’s Reforms

16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the Lord’s people. 17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, ^aand they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18 And Jehoiada posted watchmen for the house of the Lord under the direction of ^bthe Levitical priests and the Levites ^cwhom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the Lord, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, ^das it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, ^eaccording to the order of David. 19 He stationed ^fthe gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean. 20 And he took the captains, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the Lord, marching ^gthrough the upper gate to the king’s house. And they set the king on the royal throne. 21 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been put to death with the sword.