1Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.stylus2 Chronicles 15:12, 2 Kings 11:4, 2 Kings 11:20, 1 Samuel 18:3, Nehemiah 9:382So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,stylus2 Chronicles 11:13, 2 Chronicles 11:17, 2 Chronicles 11:13, 2 Chronicles 11:17, 1 Chronicles 24:63the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. “Behold, the king’s son!” said Jehoiada. “He must reign, just as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David.stylus2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Chronicles 21:7, 2 Chronicles 6:16, 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Chronicles 21:74This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors,stylus1 Chronicles 9:25, Luke 1:8, Luke 1:9, 1 Chronicles 26:13, 1 Chronicles 26:165a third shall be at the royal palace, and a third at the Foundation Gate, while all the others are in the courtyards of the house of the LORD.stylusEzekiel 44:2, Ezekiel 44:3, 2 Kings 11:5, 2 Kings 11:6, Acts 3:26No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.stylus1 Chronicles 23:28, 1 Chronicles 23:32, 1 Chronicles 23:28, 1 Chronicles 23:32, 2 Kings 11:67The Levites must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who enters the temple must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”stylus2 Kings 11:8, 2 Kings 11:9, Numbers 3:10, Exodus 19:12, Exodus 19:138So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.stylus1 Chronicles 24:1, 1 Chronicles 24:26, 2 Kings 11:9, 1 Chronicles 24:1, 1 Chronicles 24:269Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields of King David that were in the house of God.stylus2 Samuel 8:7, 1 Samuel 21:9, 2 Samuel 8:7, 1 Samuel 21:910He stationed all the troops, with their weapons in hand, surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.stylus2 Kings 11:11, 2 Chronicles 6:12, Exodus 40:6, 2 Kings 11:11, 2 Chronicles 6:1211Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”stylus1 Samuel 10:24, 1 Samuel 10:24, Exodus 25:16, Exodus 25:16, 2 Kings 11:1212When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went out to them in the house of the LORD.stylus2 Kings 9:32, 2 Kings 9:37, 2 Kings 11:13, 2 Kings 11:16, 2 Kings 9:3213And she looked out and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”stylus2 Kings 9:23, Proverbs 11:10, Numbers 10:1, Numbers 10:10, Romans 2:114And Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, saying, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”stylusEzekiel 9:7, 2 Kings 11:8, 2 Kings 11:15, Exodus 21:14, 2 Kings 10:2515So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate to the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.stylusNehemiah 3:28, Nehemiah 3:28, 2 Chronicles 22:10, Jeremiah 31:40, 2 Chronicles 22:1016Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.stylus2 Kings 11:17, 2 Chronicles 29:10, Nehemiah 9:38, 2 Kings 11:17, 2 Chronicles 29:1017So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.stylus1 Kings 18:40, 1 Kings 18:40, Deuteronomy 12:3, 2 Kings 10:25, 2 Kings 10:2818Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.stylusNumbers 28:1, Numbers 28:31, 2 Chronicles 5:5, Numbers 28:1, Numbers 28:3119He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.stylus1 Chronicles 26:1, 1 Chronicles 26:32, 1 Chronicles 9:22, 1 Chronicles 9:24, 1 Chronicles 26:120He also took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,stylus2 Kings 11:19, 2 Kings 11:19, 2 Kings 11:9, 2 Kings 11:10, 2 Kings 15:3521and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword.stylus2 Kings 11:20, 2 Kings 11:20, Revelation 18:20, Proverbs 11:10, Psalms 58:10