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Then the priest armed the officers with spears and the large and small shields originally belonging to King David that were stored in The Temple of God.
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Well-armed, the guards took up their assigned positions for protecting the king, from one end of The Temple to the other, surrounding both Altar and Temple.
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Then the priest brought the prince into view, crowned him, handed him the scroll of God's covenant, and made him king. As Jehoiada and his sons anointed him they shouted, "Long live the king!"
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Athaliah, hearing all the commotion, the people running around and praising the king, came to The Temple to see what was going on.
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Astonished, she saw the young king standing at the entrance flanked by the captains and heralds, with everybody beside themselves with joy, trumpets blaring, the choir and orchestra leading the praise. Athaliah ripped her robes in dismay and shouted, "Treason! Treason!"
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Jehoiada the priest ordered the military officers, "Drag her outside - and kill anyone who tries to follow her!" (The priest had said, "Don't kill her inside The Temple of God."
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So they dragged her out to the palace's horse corral and there they killed her.
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Jehoiada now made a covenant between himself and the king and the people: they were to be God's special people.
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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.
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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.
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He also assigned security guards at the gates of God's Temple so that no one who was unprepared could enter