And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people.
Ver. 17. And Jehoiada made a covenant.] Both sacred and civil: and they set forthwith upon the work of reformation, which prospered in their hands: for they pulled down Baal's temples, and slew Mattan the priest before his altars. 2Ki 11:18