2 Chronicles 23:18 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

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¹⁸ Also Jehoiada ^H3077 appointed ^H7760 the offices ^H6486 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD ^H3068 by the hand ^H3027 of the priests ^H3548 the Levites, ^H3881 whom David ^H1732 had distributed ^H2505 in the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 to offer ^H5927 the burnt offerings ^H5930 of the LORD, ^H3068 as it is written ^H3789 in the law ^H8451 of Moses, ^H4872 with rejoicing ^H8057 and with singing, ^H7892 as it was ordained by ^H3027 David. ^H1732

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And they brought up ^H5927 the ark, ^H727 and the tabernacle ^H168 of the congregation, ^H4150 and all the holy ^H6944 vessels ^H3627 that were in the tabernacle, ^H168 these did the priests ^H3548 and the Levites ^H3881 bring up. ^H5927

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And the LORD ^H3068 spake ^H1696 unto Moses, ^H4872 saying, ^H559 Command ^H6680 the children ^H1121 of Israel, ^H3478 and say ^H559 unto them, My offering, ^H7133 and my bread ^H3899 for my sacrifices made by fire, ^H801 for a sweet ^H5207 savour ^H7381 unto me, shall ye observe ^H8104 to offer ^H7126 unto me in their due season. ^H4150 And thou shalt say ^H559 unto them, This is the offering made by fire ^H801 which ye shall offer ^H7126 unto the LORD; ^H3068 two ^H8147 lambs ^H3532 of the first ^H1121 year ^H8141 without spot ^H8549 day by day, ^H3117 for a continual ^H8548 burnt offering. ^H5930 The one ^H259 lamb ^H3532 shalt thou offer ^H6213 in the morning, ^H1242 and the other ^H8145 lamb ^H3532 shalt thou offer ^H6213 at even; ^H6153 And a tenth ^H6224 part of an ephah ^H374 of flour ^H5560 for a meat offering, ^H4503 mingled ^H1101 with the fourth ^H7243 part of an hin ^H1969 of beaten ^H3795 oil. ^H8081 It is a continual ^H8548 burnt offering, ^H5930 which was ordained ^H6213 in mount ^H2022 Sinai ^H5514 for a sweet ^H5207 savour, ^H7381 a sacrifice made by fire ^H801 unto the LORD. ^H3068 And the drink offering ^H5262 thereof shall be the fourth ^H7243 part of an hin ^H1969 for the one ^H259 lamb: ^H3532 in the holy ^H6944 place shalt thou cause the strong wine ^H7941 to be poured ^H5258 unto the LORD ^H3068 for a drink offering. ^H5262 And the other ^H8145 lamb ^H3532 shalt thou offer ^H6213 at even: ^H6153 as the meat offering ^H4503 of the morning, ^H1242 and as the drink offering ^H5262 thereof, thou shalt offer ^H6213 it, a sacrifice made by fire, ^H801 of a sweet ^H5207 savour ^H7381 unto the LORD. ^H3068 And on the sabbath ^H7676 day ^H3117 two ^H8147 lambs ^H3532 of the first ^H1121 year ^H8141 without spot, ^H8549 and two ^H8147 tenth ^H6241 deals of flour ^H5560 for a meat offering, ^H4503 mingled ^H1101 with oil, ^H8081 and the drink offering ^H5262 thereof: This is the burnt offering ^H5930 of every sabbath, ^H7676 beside the continual ^H8548 burnt offering, ^H5930 and his drink offering. ^H5262 And in the beginnings ^H7218 of your months ^H2320 ye shall offer ^H7126 a burnt offering ^H5930 unto the LORD; ^H3068 two ^H8147 young ^H1241 bullocks, ^H6499 and one ^H259 ram, ^H352 seven ^H7651 lambs ^H3532 of the first ^H1121 year ^H8141 without spot; ^H8549 And three ^H7969 tenth deals ^H6241 of flour ^H5560 for a meat offering, ^H4503 mingled ^H1101 with oil, ^H8081 for one ^H259 bullock; ^H6499 and two ^H8147 tenth ^H6241 deals of flour ^H5560 for a meat offering, ^H4503 mingled ^H1101 with oil, ^H8081 for one ^H259 ram; ^H352 And a several tenth deal ^H6241 of flour ^H5560 mingled ^H1101 with oil ^H8081 for a meat offering ^H4503 unto one ^H259 lamb; ^H3532 for a burnt offering ^H5930 of a sweet ^H5207 savour, ^H7381 a sacrifice made by fire ^H801 unto the LORD. ^H3068 And their drink offerings ^H5262 shall be half ^H2677 an hin ^H1969 of wine ^H3196 unto a bullock, ^H6499 and the third ^H7992 part of an hin ^H1969 unto a ram, ^H352 and a fourth ^H7243 part of an hin ^H1969 unto a lamb: ^H3532 this is the burnt offering ^H5930 of every month ^H2320 throughout the months ^H2320 of the year. ^H8141 And one ^H259 kid ^H8163 of the goats ^H5795 for a sin offering ^H2403 unto the LORD ^H3068 shall be offered, ^H6213 beside the continual ^H8548 burnt offering, ^H5930 and his drink offering. ^H5262 And in the fourteenth ^H702 ^H6240 day ^H3117 of the first ^H7223 month ^H2320 is the passover ^H6453 of the LORD. ^H3068 And in the fifteenth ^H2568 ^H6240 day ^H3117 of this month ^H2320 is the feast: ^H2282 seven ^H7651 days ^H3117 shall unleavened bread ^H4682 be eaten. ^H398 In the first ^H7223 day ^H3117 shall be an holy ^H6944 convocation; ^H4744 ye shall do ^H6213 no manner of servile ^H5656 work ^H4399 therein: But ye shall offer ^H7126 a sacrifice made by fire ^H801 for a burnt offering ^H5930 unto the LORD; ^H3068 two ^H8147 young ^H1241 bullocks, ^H6499 and one ^H259 ram, ^H352 and seven ^H7651 lambs ^H3532 of the first ^H1121 year: ^H8141 they shall be unto you without blemish: ^H8549 And their meat offering ^H4503 shall be of flour ^H5560 mingled ^H1101 with oil: ^H8081 three ^H7969 tenth deals ^H6241 shall ye offer ^H6213 for a bullock, ^H6499 and two ^H8147 tenth deals ^H6241 for a ram; ^H352 A several tenth deal ^H6241 shalt thou offer ^H6213 for every ^H259 lamb, ^H3532 throughout the seven ^H7651 lambs: ^H3532 And one ^H259 goat ^H8163 for a sin offering, ^H2403 to make an atonement ^H3722 for you. Ye shall offer ^H6213 these beside the burnt offering ^H5930 in the morning, ^H1242 which is for a continual ^H8548 burnt offering. ^H5930 After this manner ye shall offer ^H6213 daily, ^H3117 throughout the seven ^H7651 days, ^H3117 the meat ^H3899 of the sacrifice made by fire, ^H801 of a sweet ^H5207 savour ^H7381 unto the LORD: ^H3068 it shall be offered ^H6213 beside the continual ^H8548 burnt offering, ^H5930 and his drink offering. ^H5262 And on the seventh ^H7637 day ^H3117 ye shall have an holy ^H6944 convocation; ^H4744 ye shall do ^H6213 no servile ^H5656 work. ^H4399 Also in the day ^H3117 of the firstfruits, ^H1061 when ye bring ^H7126 a new ^H2319 meat offering ^H4503 unto the LORD, ^H3068 after your weeks ^H7620 be out, ye shall have an holy ^H6944 convocation; ^H4744 ye shall do ^H6213 no servile ^H5656 work: ^H4399 But ye shall offer ^H7126 the burnt offering ^H5930 for a sweet ^H5207 savour ^H7381 unto the LORD; ^H3068 two ^H8147 young ^H1241 bullocks, ^H6499 one ^H259 ram, ^H352 seven ^H7651 lambs ^H3532 of the first ^H1121 year; ^H8141 And their meat offering ^H4503 of flour ^H5560 mingled ^H1101 with oil, ^H8081 three ^H7969 tenth deals ^H6241 unto one ^H259 bullock, ^H6499 two ^H8147 tenth deals ^H6241 unto one ^H259 ram, ^H352 A several tenth deal ^H6241 unto one ^H259 lamb, ^H3532 throughout the seven ^H7651 lambs; ^H3532 And one ^H259 kid ^H8163 of the goats, ^H5795 to make an atonement ^H3722 for you. Ye shall offer ^H6213 them beside the continual ^H8548 burnt offering, ^H5930 and his meat offering, ^H4503 (they shall be unto you without blemish) ^H8549 and their drink offerings. ^H5262

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So when David ^H1732 was old ^H2204 and full ^H7646 of days, ^H3117 he made Solomon ^H8010 his son ^H1121 king ^H4427 over Israel. ^H3478 And he gathered together ^H622 all the princes ^H8269 of Israel, ^H3478 with the priests ^H3548 and the Levites. ^H3881 Now the Levites ^H3881 were numbered ^H5608 from the age ^H1121 of thirty ^H7970 years ^H8141 and upward: ^H4605 and their number ^H4557 by their polls, ^H1538 man by man, ^H1397 was thirty ^H7970 and eight ^H8083 thousand. ^H505 Of which, ^H428 twenty ^H6242 and four ^H702 thousand ^H505 were to set forward ^H5329 the work ^H4399 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD; ^H3068 and six ^H8337 thousand ^H505 were officers ^H7860 and judges: ^H8199 Moreover four ^H702 thousand ^H505 were porters; ^H7778 and four ^H702 thousand ^H505 praised ^H1984 the LORD ^H3068 with the instruments ^H3627 which I made, ^H6213 said David, to praise ^H1984 therewith. And David ^H1732 divided ^H2505 them into courses ^H4256 among the sons ^H1121 of Levi, ^H3878 namely, Gershon, ^H1648 Kohath, ^H6955 and Merari. ^H4847 Of the Gershonites ^H1649 were, Laadan, ^H3936 and Shimei. ^H8096 The sons ^H1121 of Laadan; ^H3936 the chief ^H7218 was Jehiel, ^H3171 and Zetham, ^H2241 and Joel, ^H3100 three. ^H7969 The sons ^H1121 of Shimei; ^H8096 Shelomith, ^H8019 ^H8013 and Haziel, ^H2381 and Haran, ^H2039 three. ^H7969 These were the chief ^H7218 of the fathers ^H1 of Laadan. ^H3936 And the sons ^H1121 of Shimei ^H8096 were, Jahath, ^H3189 Zina, ^H2126 and Jeush, ^H3266 and Beriah. ^H1283 These four ^H702 were the sons ^H1121 of Shimei. ^H8096 And Jahath ^H3189 was the chief, ^H7218 and Zizah ^H2125 the second: ^H8145 but Jeush ^H3266 and Beriah ^H1283 had not many ^H7235 sons; ^H1121 therefore they were in one ^H259 reckoning, ^H6486 according to their father's ^H1 house. ^H1004 The sons ^H1121 of Kohath; ^H6955 Amram, ^H6019 Izhar, ^H3324 Hebron, ^H2275 and Uzziel, ^H5816 four. ^H702 The sons ^H1121 of Amram; ^H6019 Aaron ^H175 and Moses: ^H4872 and Aaron ^H175 was separated, ^H914 that he should sanctify ^H6942 the most ^H6944 holy things, ^H6944 he and his sons ^H1121 for ^H5704 ever, ^H5769 to burn incense ^H6999 before ^H6440 the LORD, ^H3068 to minister ^H8334 unto him, and to bless ^H1288 in his name ^H8034 for ^H5704 ever. ^H5769 Now concerning Moses ^H4872 the man ^H376 of God, ^H430 his sons ^H1121 were named ^H7121 of the tribe ^H7626 of Levi. ^H3878 The sons ^H1121 of Moses ^H4872 were, Gershom, ^H1647 and Eliezer. ^H461 Of the sons ^H1121 of Gershom, ^H1647 Shebuel ^H7619 was the chief. ^H7218 And the sons ^H1121 of Eliezer ^H461 were, Rehabiah ^H7345 the chief. ^H7218 And Eliezer ^H461 had none other ^H312 sons; ^H1121 but the sons ^H1121 of Rehabiah ^H7345 were very ^H4605 many. ^H7235 Of the sons ^H1121 of Izhar; ^H3324 Shelomith ^H8019 the chief. ^H7218 Of the sons ^H1121 of Hebron; ^H2275 Jeriah ^H3404 the first, ^H7218 Amariah ^H568 the second, ^H8145 Jahaziel ^H3166 the third, ^H7992 and Jekameam ^H3360 the fourth. ^H7243 Of the sons ^H1121 of Uzziel; ^H5816 Michah ^H4318 the first, ^H7218 and Jesiah ^H3449 the second. ^H8145 The sons ^H1121 of Merari; ^H4847 Mahli, ^H4249 and Mushi. ^H4187 The sons ^H1121 of Mahli; ^H4249 Eleazar, ^H499 and Kish. ^H7027 And Eleazar ^H499 died, ^H4191 and had no sons, ^H1121 but daughters: ^H1323 and their brethren ^H251 the sons ^H1121 of Kish ^H7027 took ^H5375 them. The sons ^H1121 of Mushi; ^H4187 Mahli, ^H4249 and Eder, ^H5740 and Jeremoth, ^H3406 three. ^H7969 These were the sons ^H1121 of Levi ^H3878 after the house ^H1004 of their fathers; ^H1 even the chief ^H7218 of the fathers, ^H1 as they were counted ^H6485 by number ^H4557 of names ^H8034 by their polls, ^H1538 that did ^H6213 the work ^H4399 for the service ^H5656 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 from the age ^H1121 of twenty ^H6242 years ^H8141 and upward. ^H4605

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Because their office ^H4612 was to wait ^H3027 on the sons ^H1121 of Aaron ^H175 for the service ^H5656 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 in the courts, ^H2691 and in the chambers, ^H3957 and in the purifying ^H2893 of all holy things, ^H6944 and the work ^H4639 of the service ^H5656 of the house ^H1004 of God; ^H430 Both for the shewbread, ^H3899 ^H4635 and for the fine flour ^H5560 for meat offering, ^H4503 and for the unleavened ^H4682 cakes, ^H7550 and for that which is baked in the pan, ^H4227 and for that which is fried, ^H7246 and for all manner of measure ^H4884 and size; ^H4060 And to stand ^H5975 every morning ^H1242 to thank ^H3034 and praise ^H1984 the LORD, ^H3068 and likewise at even; ^H6153 And to offer ^H5927 all burnt sacrifices ^H5930 unto the LORD ^H3068 in the sabbaths, ^H7676 in the new moons, ^H2320 and on the set feasts, ^H4150 by number, ^H4557 according to the order ^H4941 commanded unto them, continually ^H8548 before ^H6440 the LORD: ^H3068

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Moreover David ^H1732 and the captains ^H8269 of the host ^H6635 separated ^H914 to the service ^H5656 of the sons ^H1121 of Asaph, ^H623 and of Heman, ^H1968 and of Jeduthun, ^H3038 who should prophesy ^H5012 ^H5030 with harps, ^H3658 with psalteries, ^H5035 and with cymbals: ^H4700 and the number ^H4557 of the workmen ^H582 ^H4399 according to their service ^H5656 was: Of the sons ^H1121 of Asaph; ^H623 Zaccur, ^H2139 and Joseph, ^H3130 and Nethaniah, ^H5418 and Asarelah, ^H841 the sons ^H1121 of Asaph ^H623 under the hands ^H3027 of Asaph, ^H623 which prophesied ^H5012 according to the order ^H3027 of the king. ^H4428 Of Jeduthun: ^H3038 the sons ^H1121 of Jeduthun; ^H3038 Gedaliah, ^H1436 and Zeri, ^H6874 and Jeshaiah, ^H3470 Hashabiah, ^H2811 and Mattithiah, ^H4993 six, ^H8337 under the hands ^H3027 of their father ^H1 Jeduthun, ^H3038 who prophesied ^H5012 with a harp, ^H3658 to give thanks ^H3034 and to praise ^H1984 the LORD. ^H3068 Of Heman: ^H1968 the sons ^H1121 of Heman; ^H1968 Bukkiah, ^H1232 Mattaniah, ^H4983 Uzziel, ^H5816 Shebuel, ^H7619 and Jerimoth, ^H3406 Hananiah, ^H2608 Hanani, ^H2607 Eliathah, ^H448 Giddalti, ^H1437 and Romamtiezer, ^H7320 Joshbekashah, ^H3436 Mallothi, ^H4413 Hothir, ^H1956 and Mahazioth: ^H4238 All these were the sons ^H1121 of Heman ^H1968 the king's ^H4428 seer ^H2374 in the words ^H1697 of God, ^H430 to lift up ^H7311 the horn. ^H7161 And God ^H430 gave ^H5414 to Heman ^H1968 fourteen ^H702 ^H6240 sons ^H1121 and three ^H7969 daughters. ^H1323 All these were under the hands ^H3027 of their father ^H1 for song ^H7892 in the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 with cymbals, ^H4700 psalteries, ^H5035 and harps, ^H3658 for the service ^H5656 of the house ^H1004 of God, ^H430 according to the king's ^H4428 order ^H3027 to Asaph, ^H623 Jeduthun, ^H3038 and Heman. ^H1968 So the number ^H4557 of them, with their brethren ^H251 that were instructed ^H3925 in the songs ^H7892 of the LORD, ^H3068 even all that were cunning, ^H995 was two hundred ^H3967 fourscore ^H8084 and eight. ^H8083 And they cast ^H5307 lots, ^H1486 ward ^H4931 against ^H5980 ward, as well the small ^H6996 as the great, ^H1419 the teacher ^H995 as the scholar. ^H8527 Now the first ^H7223 lot ^H1486 came forth ^H3318 for Asaph ^H623 to Joseph: ^H3130 the second ^H8145 to Gedaliah, ^H1436 who with his brethren ^H251 and sons ^H1121 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The third ^H7992 to Zaccur, ^H2139 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The fourth ^H7243 to Izri, ^H3339 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The fifth ^H2549 to Nethaniah, ^H5418 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The sixth ^H8345 to Bukkiah, ^H1232 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The seventh ^H7637 to Jesharelah, ^H3480 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The eighth ^H8066 to Jeshaiah, ^H3470 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The ninth ^H8671 to Mattaniah, ^H4983 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The tenth ^H6224 to Shimei, ^H8096 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The eleventh ^H6249 ^H6240 to Azareel, ^H5832 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The twelfth ^H8147 ^H6240 to Hashabiah, ^H2811 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The thirteenth ^H7969 ^H6240 to Shubael, ^H7619 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The fourteenth ^H702 ^H6240 to Mattithiah, ^H4993 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The fifteenth ^H2568 ^H6240 to Jeremoth, ^H3406 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The sixteenth ^H8337 ^H6240 to Hananiah, ^H2608 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The seventeenth ^H7651 ^H6240 to Joshbekashah, ^H3436 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The eighteenth ^H8083 ^H6240 to Hanani, ^H2607 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The nineteenth ^H8672 ^H6240 to Mallothi, ^H4413 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The twentieth ^H6242 to Eliathah, ^H448 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The one ^H259 and twentieth ^H6242 to Hothir, ^H1956 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The two ^H8147 and twentieth ^H6242 to Giddalti, ^H1437 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The three ^H7969 and twentieth ^H6242 to Mahazioth, ^H4238 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve: ^H8147 ^H6240 The four ^H702 and twentieth ^H6242 to Romamtiezer, ^H7320 he, his sons, ^H1121 and his brethren, ^H251 were twelve. ^H8147 ^H6240

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And he set ^H5975 the Levites ^H3881 in the house ^H1004 of the LORD ^H3068 with cymbals, ^H4700 with psalteries, ^H5035 and with harps, ^H3658 according to the commandment ^H4687 of David, ^H1732 and of Gad ^H1410 the king's ^H4428 seer, ^H2374 and Nathan ^H5416 the prophet: ^H5030 for so was the commandment ^H4687 of ^H3027 the LORD ^H3068 by ^H3027 his prophets. ^H5030

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 23 Matthew Henry Commentary

John Gill Keil & Delitzsch Robert Jamieson: Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Chapter 23

Six years bloody Athaliah had tyrannised; in this chapter we have her deposed and slain, and Joash, the rightful heir, enthroned. We had the story before nearly as it is here related, 2 Ki. 11:4, etc.

I. Jehoiada prepared the people for the king, acquainted them with his design, armed them, and appointed them their posts (v. 1-10).
II. He produced the king to the people, crowned him, and anointed him (v. 11).
III. He slew the usurper (v. 12-15).
IV. He reformed the kingdom, re-established religion, and restored the civil government (v. 16-21).

2Ch 23:1-11

We may well imagine the bad posture of affairs in Jerusalem during Athaliah's six years' usurpation, and may wonder that God permitted it and his people bore it so long; but after such a dark and tedious night the returning day in this revolution was the brighter and the more welcome. The continuance of David's seed and throne was what God had sworn by his holiness (Ps. 89:35), and an interruption was no defeasance; the stream of government here runs again in the right channel. The instrument and chief manager of the restoration is Jehoiada, who appears to have been,

1. A man of great prudence, who reserved the young prince for so many years till he was fit to appear in public, and till the nation had grown weary of the usurper, who prepared his work beforehand, and then effected it with admirable secresy and expedition. When God has work to do he will qualify and animate men for it.
2. A man of great interest. The captains joined with him, v. 1. The Levites and the chief of the fathers of Israel came at his call to Jerusalem (v. 2) and were there ready to receive his orders. See what a command wisdom and virtue will give men. The Levites and all Judah did as Jehoiada commanded (v. 8), and, which is strange, all that were entrusted with the secret kept their own counsel till it was executed. Thus the words of the wise are heard in quiet, Eccl. 9:17.
3. A man of great faith. It was not only common equity (much less his wife's relation to the royal family) that put him upon this undertaking, but a regard to the word of God, and the divine entail of the crown (v. 3): The king's son shall reign, must reign, as the Lord hath said. His eye to the promise, and dependence upon that, added a great deal of glory to this undertaking.
4. A man of great religion. This matter was to be done in the temple, which might occasion some breach of rule, and the necessity of the case might be thought to excuse it; but he gave special order that none of the people should come into the house of the Lord, but the priests and Levites only, who were holy, upon pain of death, v. 6, 7. Never let sacred things be profaned, no, not for the support of civil rights.
5. A man of great resolution. When he had undertaken this business he went through with it, brought out the king, crowned him, and gave him the testimony, v. 11. He ventured his head, but it was in a good cause, and therefore he went on boldly. It is here said that his sons joined with him in anointing the young king. One of them, it is likely, was that Zechariah whom Joash afterwards put to death for reproving him (ch. 24:20), which was so much the more ungrateful because he bore a willing part in anointing him.

2Ch 23:12-21

Here we have,

I. The people pleased, v. 12, 13. When the king stood at his pillar, whose right it was to stand there, all the people of the land rejoiced to see a rod sprung out of the stem of Jesse, Isa. 11:1. When it seemed a withered root in a dry ground, to see what they despaired of ever seeing-a king of the house of David, what a pleasing surprise was it to them! They ran in transports of joy to see this sight, praised the king, and praised God, for they had with them such as taught to sing praise.
II. Athaliah slain. She ran upon the point of the sword of justice; for, imagining her interest much better than it was, she ventured into the house of the Lord at that time, and cried, Treason, treason! But nobody seconded her, or sided with her. The pride of her heart deceived her. She thought all her own, whereas none were cordially so. Jehoiada, as protector in the king's minority, ordered her to be slain (v. 14), which was done immediately (v. 15), only care was taken that she should not be slain in the house of the Lord, that sacred place must not be so far disgraced, nor that wicked woman so far honoured.
III. The original contract agreed to, v. 16. In the Kings it is said that Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord, the people, and the king, 2 Ki. 11:17. Here it is said to be between himself, the people, and the king; for he, as God's priest, was his representative in this transaction, or a sort of mediator, as Moses was. The indenture was tripartite, but the true intent and meaning of the whole was that they should be the Lord's people. God covenanted by Jehoiada to take them for his people; the king and people covenanted with him to be his; and then the king covenanted with the people to govern them as the people of God, and the people with the king to be subject to him as the Lord's people, in his fear and for his sake. Let us look upon ourselves and one another as the Lord's people, and this will have a powerful influence upon us in the discharge of all our duty both to God and man.
IV. Baal destroyed, v. 17. They would not have done half their work if they had only destroyed the usurper of the king's right, and not the usurper of God's right-if they had asserted the honour of the throne, and not that of the altar. The greatest grievance of Athaliah's reign was the bringing in of the worship of Baal, and supporting of that; therefore that must be abolished in the first place. Down with Baal's house, his altars, his images; down with them all, and let the blood of his priests be mingled with his sacrifices; for God had commanded that seducers to idolatry should be put to death, Deu. 13:5, 6.
V. The temple service revived, v. 18, 19. This had been neglected in the last reigns, the priest and people wanting either power or zeal to keep it up when they had princes that were disaffected to it. But Jehoiada restored the offices of the house of the Lord, which in the late times had been disturbed and invaded, to the proper course and proper hands.
- 1. He appointed the priests to their courses, for the due offering of sacrifices, according to the law of Moses.
- 2. The singers to theirs, according to the appointment of David. The sacrifices (it should seem) were offered with rejoicing and singing, and with good reason. We joy in God when we receive the atonement, Rom. 5:11.
- 3. The porters were put in their respective posts as David ordered (v. 19), and their office was to take care that none who were upon any account ceremonially unclean should be admitted into the courts of the temple.
VI. The civil government re-established, v. 20. They brought the king in state to his own palace, and set him upon the throne of the kingdom, to give law, and give judgment, either in his own person or by Jehoiada his tutor. Thus was this happy revolution perfected. The generality of the people rejoiced in it, and the rest were quiet and made no opposition, v. 21. When the Son of David is enthroned in the soul all is quiet and springs of joy are opened.

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