Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and people, that they should be the LORD 's people; also between the king and the people. 18 Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces , and they, killed Mattan,the priest of Baal, before the altars. The priest posted

guards over the house of the LORD. 19 He took the captains, the Carites , the guards , and all the people of the land ; then they brought the king down from the house of the LORD , marching through the gate of the guards to the king's house. He took his seat on the throne of the kings. 20 So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been killed with the sword at the king's house.

Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.