ബൈബിൾ എക്സ്പ്ലോറർ · സംഭവം · c. 835 BC

Overthrow of Baal’s Temple and Slaying of Mattan the Priest

Following the coronation of seven-year-old King Joash and the execution of the usurping queen Athaliah, High Priest Jehoiada makes a solemn covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people; all the citizens of the land go into the house of Baal in Jerusalem, tear it down, smash its altars and images into pieces, and slay Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars, restoring the rightful worship of Yahweh in Judah.