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Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they would be the LORD'S people.

And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord 's people.

And all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down, and they broke in pieces his altars and his images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

Moreover, Jehoiada placed the offices of the house of the LORD under the authority of the Levitical priests, whom David had assigned over the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses—with rejoicing and singing according to the order of David.

Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord , to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord , as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.

He stationed the gatekeepers of the house of the LORD, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean.

And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord , that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.