17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, (A)and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18 And Jehoiada posted watchmen for the house of the Lord under the direction of (B)the Levitical priests and the Levites (C)whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the Lord, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, (D)as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, (E)according to the order of David. 19 He stationed (F)the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean.

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17 All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed(A) Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

18 Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the Lord in the hands of the Levitical priests,(B) to whom David had made assignments in the temple,(C) to present the burnt offerings of the Lord as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered. 19 He also stationed gatekeepers(D) at the gates of the Lord’s temple so that no one who was in any way unclean might enter.

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