¹⁹ He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites,^(A) the guards and all the people of the land, and together they brought the king down from the temple of the Lord and went into the palace, entering by way of the gate of the guards. The king then took his place on the royal throne. ²⁰ All the people of the land rejoiced,^(B) and the city was calm, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword at the palace.

²¹ Joash^[a] was seven years old when he began to reign.^[b]