Jehoiada restores the worship of God. The house of Baal is destroyed. Joash is brought to the palace and enthroned (2 Chronicles 23:16 to 2 Chronicles 24:1)

17. And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord In 2 Chron. -Jehoiada" stands in the place of Jehovah, and it is said he made a covenant between himselfand all the people and the king. Of course in the whole transaction he would appear as the representative of Jehovah, and receive in the name of the Lord the promise of both king and people, by which they dedicated themselves to the Lord.

between the king also and the people i.e. that they should be loyal subjects and he a just ruler over them.

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