14. When she arrived, she saw the newly crowned king standing in his place of authority by the pillar, as was the custom at times of coronation. The commanders and trumpeters were surrounding him, and people from all over the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. When Athaliah saw all this, she tore her clothes in despair and shouted, “Treason! Treason!”
15. Then Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders who were in charge of the troops, “Take her to the soldiers in front of the Temple, and kill anyone who tries to rescue her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be killed in the Temple of the lord.”
16. So they seized her and led her out to the gate where horses enter the palace grounds, and she was killed there.
17. Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the lord and the king and the people that they would be the lord’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.