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2 Chronicles 23:16-21 (Basic)

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¹⁶ And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and all the people and the king, that they would be the Lord's people. ¹⁷ Then all the people went to the house of Baal and had it pulled down, and its altars and images broken up; and Mattan, the priest of Baal, they put to death before the altars. ¹⁸ And Jehoiada put the work and the care of the house of the Lord into the hands of the priests and the Levites, who had been grouped in divisions by David to make burned offerings to the Lord, as it is recorded in the law of Moses, with joy and song as Da ¹⁹ And he put door-keepers at the doors of the Lord's house, to see that no one who was unclean in any way might come in. ²⁰ Then he took the captains of hundreds and the chiefs and the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and they came down with the king from the house of the Lord through the higher doorway into the king's house, and put the king on the seat o ²¹ So all the people of the land were glad and the town was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death with the sword.

Definition(s):
Athaliah (A-thal-eye-a): the time of the Lord
Baal (Ba-al): master; lord
Baal (Beh-al): master; lord
David (Deh-vidd): well-beloved, dear
So (Soh):