Thus perished the last member of the house of Ahab. The terrible evil that had been wrought through his alliance with Jezebel, continued till the last of his descendants was destroyed. Even in the land of Judah, where the worship of the true God had never been formally set aside, Athaliah had succeeded in seducing many. Immediately after the execution of the impenitent queen "all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars." Verse 18.

Således blev det sidste medlem af Akabs hus udryddet. Det frygtelige fordærv, som var en følge af hans ægteskab med Jesabel, vedblev at eksistere, lige til den sidste af hans efterkommere var dræbt. Selv i Judas land, hvor den sande gudstjeneste aldrig var blevet formelt forkastet, lykkedes det Atalja at lede mange vild. Så snart den gudløse dronning var blevet dræbt, begav alt folket fra landet "sig til Baals hus og nedbrød det; altrene og billederne ødelagde de i bund og grund, og Baals præst Mattan dræbte de foran altrene". 18. vers.