The kingdom
The Covenant of the Lord's People and Baal's Temple Torn Down
The priest Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord, the king, and the people that they would be the Lord's people. All the people then went to Baal's temple, tore it down, smashed the altars and idols, and killed Baal's priest Mattan in front of the altars. Jehoiada posted guards at the house of the Lord, and King Joash was brought down from the house of the Lord to the king's house and seated on the royal throne. The people rejoiced, and the city was peaceful after Athaliah had been killed with a sword at the king's house.
2 Kings 11,17-20
17Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they would be the LORD's people; and also between the king and the people.
וַיִּכְרֹ֨ת יְהוֹיָדָ֜ע אֶֽת־הַבְּרִ֗ית בֵּ֤ין יְהוָה֙ וּבֵ֤ין הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וּבֵ֣ין הָעָ֔ם לִהְי֥וֹת לְעָ֖ם לַֽיהוָ֑ה וּבֵ֥ין הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וּבֵ֥ין הָעָֽם׃
18All the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed its altars and its images to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. Then Jehoiada the priest appointed officers to oversee the house of the LORD.
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ כָל־עַם֩ הָאָ֨רֶץ בֵּית־הַבַּ֜עַל וַֽיִּתְּצֻ֗הוּ אֶת־*מזבחתו **מִזְבְּחֹתָ֤יו וְאֶת־צְלָמָיו֙ שִׁבְּר֣וּ הֵיטֵ֔ב וְאֵ֗ת מַתָּן֙ כֹּהֵ֣ן הַבַּ֔עַל הָרְג֖וּ לִפְנֵ֣י הַֽמִּזְבְּח֑וֹת וַיָּ֧שֶׂם הַכֹּהֵ֛ן פְּקֻדּ֖וֹת עַל־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃
19He took the commanders of hundreds, the royal guard, the palace guards and all the people of the land, and together they brought the king down from the house of the LORD. They entered the palace through the gate of the guards, and the king took his place on the royal throne.
וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־שָׂרֵ֣י הַ֠מֵּאוֹת וְאֶת־הַכָּרִ֨י וְאֶת־הָרָצִ֜ים וְאֵ֣ת ׀ כָּל־עַ֣ם הָאָ֗רֶץ וַיֹּרִ֤ידוּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ מִבֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה וַיָּב֛וֹאוּ דֶּֽרֶך־שַׁ֥עַר הָרָצִ֖ים בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב עַל־כִּסֵּ֥א הַמְּלָכִֽים׃
20All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, now that Athaliah had been put to the sword at the royal palace.
וַיִּשְׂמַ֥ח כָּל־עַם־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְהָעִ֣יר שָׁקָ֑טָה וְאֶת־עֲתַלְיָ֛הוּ הֵמִ֥יתוּ בַחֶ֖רֶב בֵּ֥ית *מלך **הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ ס