15 But Jehoiada gave orders to the centurions who were over the army, and he said to them: 'Lead her away, beyond the precinct of the temple. And whoever will have followed her, let him be struck with the sword.' For the priest had said, 'Do not allow her to be killed in the temple of the Lord.'
16 And they laid hands on her. And they pushed her through the way by which horses enter, beside the palace. And she was killed there.
17 Then Jehoiada formed a covenant between the Lord, and the king and the people, so that they would be the people of the Lord; and between the king and the people.
18 And all the people of the land entered the temple of Baal, and they tore down his altars, and they thoroughly crushed the statues. Also, they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altar. And the priest placed guards in the house of the Lord.
19 And he took the centurions, and the legions of the Cherethites and Pelethites, and all the people of the land, and together they led the king from the house of the Lord. And they went by way of the gate of the shield bearers into the palace. And he sat upon the throne of the kings.
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