16 Then Yehoyada the priest got the people to formally agree that they and the king would be loyal to Yahweh, 17 so all the people went to Baal’s temple and tore it down. They smashed its altars and idols, and killed Baal’s priest Mattan in front of the altars. 18 Then Yehoyada created the roster for the temple duties of the priests and Levites that King David had previously assigned, including offering burnt offerings to Yahweh with happiness and singing, following Mosheh’s written instructions. 19 He also stationed guards at the temple gates so that no one could enter if they were ceremonially ‘unclean’.

20 Then Yehoyada took those commanders and the nobles and leaders and all the people, and they brought the king out of the temple and down into the palace through the Upper Gate, and sat him on the royal throne. 21 Then all of Yehudah’s people celebrated and then the city was peaceful and quiet as Atalyah had been put to death with the sword.