17
The people poured into the temple of Baal and tore it down, smashing altar and images to smithereens. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar.
15
So they dragged her out to the palace's horse corral and there they killed her.
16
Jehoiada now made a covenant between himself and the king and the people: they were to be God's special people.
17
The people poured into the temple of Baal and tore it down, smashing altar and images to smithereens. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar.
18
Jehoiada turned the care of God's Temple over to the priests and Levites, the way David had directed originally. They were to offer the Whole-Burnt-Offerings of God as set out in The Revelation of Moses, and with praise and song as directed by David.
19
He also assigned security guards at the gates of God's Temple so that no one who was unprepared could enter
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