2 Chronicles 23:19 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

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¹⁹ And he set ^H5975 the porters ^H7778 at the gates ^H8179 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 that none which was unclean ^H2931 in any thing ^H1697 should enter in. ^H935

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1 Chronicles 9:22-24 STRONG

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All these which were chosen ^H1305 to be porters ^H7778 in the gates ^H5592 were two hundred ^H3967 and twelve. ^H8147 ^H6240 These were reckoned by their genealogy ^H3187 in their villages, ^H2691 whom ^H1992 David ^H1732 and Samuel ^H8050 the seer ^H7200 did ordain ^H3245 in their set office. ^H530 So they and their children ^H1121 had the oversight of the gates ^H8179 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 namely, the house ^H1004 of the tabernacle, ^H168 by wards. ^H4931 In four ^H702 quarters ^H7307 were the porters, ^H7778 toward the east, ^H4217 west, ^H3220 north, ^H6828 and south. ^H5045

1 Chronicles 26:1-32 STRONG

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Concerning the divisions ^H4256 of the porters: ^H7778 Of the Korhites ^H7145 was Meshelemiah ^H4920 the son ^H1121 of Kore, ^H6981 of the sons ^H1121 of Asaph. ^H623 And the sons ^H1121 of Meshelemiah ^H4920 were, Zechariah ^H2148 the firstborn, ^H1060 Jediael ^H3043 the second, ^H8145 Zebadiah ^H2069 the third, ^H7992 Jathniel ^H3496 the fourth, ^H7243 Elam ^H5867 the fifth, ^H2549 Jehohanan ^H3076 the sixth, ^H8345 Elioenai ^H454 the seventh. ^H7637 Moreover the sons ^H1121 of Obededom ^H5654 were, Shemaiah ^H8098 the firstborn, ^H1060 Jehozabad ^H3075 the second, ^H8145 Joah ^H3098 the third, ^H7992 and Sacar ^H7940 the fourth, ^H7243 and Nethaneel ^H5417 the fifth, ^H2549 Ammiel ^H5988 the sixth, ^H8345 Issachar ^H3485 the seventh, ^H7637 Peulthai ^H6469 the eighth: ^H8066 for God ^H430 blessed ^H1288 him. Also unto Shemaiah ^H8098 his son ^H1121 were sons ^H1121 born, ^H3205 that ruled ^H4474 throughout the house ^H1004 of their father: ^H1 for they were mighty men ^H1368 of valour. ^H2428 The sons ^H1121 of Shemaiah; ^H8098 Othni, ^H6273 and Rephael, ^H7501 and Obed, ^H5744 Elzabad, ^H443 whose brethren ^H251 were strong ^H2428 men, ^H1121 Elihu, ^H453 and Semachiah. ^H5565 All these of the sons ^H1121 of Obededom: ^H5654 they and their sons ^H1121 and their brethren, ^H251 able ^H2428 men ^H376 for strength ^H3581 for the service, ^H5656 were threescore ^H8346 and two ^H8147 of Obededom. ^H5654 And Meshelemiah ^H4920 had sons ^H1121 and brethren, ^H251 strong ^H2428 men, ^H1121 eighteen. ^H8083 ^H6240 Also Hosah, ^H2621 of the children ^H1121 of Merari, ^H4847 had sons; ^H1121 Simri ^H8113 the chief, ^H7218 (for though he was not the firstborn, ^H1060 yet his father ^H1 made ^H7760 him the chief;) ^H7218 Hilkiah ^H2518 the second, ^H8145 Tebaliah ^H2882 the third, ^H7992 Zechariah ^H2148 the fourth: ^H7243 all the sons ^H1121 and brethren ^H251 of Hosah ^H2621 were thirteen. ^H7969 ^H6240 Among these were the divisions ^H4256 of the porters, ^H7778 even among the chief ^H7218 men, ^H1397 having wards ^H4931 one against ^H5980 another, ^H251 to minister ^H8334 in the house ^H1004 of the LORD. ^H3068 And they cast ^H5307 lots, ^H1486 as well the small ^H6996 as the great, ^H1419 according to the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 for every gate. ^H8179 And the lot ^H1486 eastward ^H4217 fell ^H5307 to Shelemiah. ^H8018 Then for Zechariah ^H2148 his son, ^H1121 a wise ^H7922 counsellor, ^H3289 they cast ^H5307 lots; ^H1486 and his lot ^H1486 came out ^H3318 northward. ^H6828 To Obededom ^H5654 southward; ^H5045 and to his sons ^H1121 the house ^H1004 of Asuppim. ^H624 To Shuppim ^H8206 and Hosah ^H2621 the lot came forth westward, ^H4628 with the gate ^H8179 Shallecheth, ^H7996 by the causeway ^H4546 of the going up, ^H5927 ward ^H4929 against ^H5980 ward. ^H4929 Eastward ^H4217 were six ^H8337 Levites, ^H3881 northward ^H6828 four ^H702 a day, ^H3117 southward ^H5045 four ^H702 a day, ^H3117 and toward Asuppim ^H624 two ^H8147 and two. ^H8147 At Parbar ^H6503 westward, ^H4628 four ^H702 at the causeway, ^H4546 and two ^H8147 at Parbar. ^H6503 These are the divisions ^H4256 of the porters ^H7778 among the sons ^H1121 of Kore, ^H7145 and among the sons ^H1121 of Merari. ^H4847 And of the Levites, ^H3881 Ahijah ^H281 was over the treasures ^H214 of the house ^H1004 of God, ^H430 and over the treasures ^H214 of the dedicated things. ^H6944 As concerning the sons ^H1121 of Laadan; ^H3936 the sons ^H1121 of the Gershonite ^H1649 Laadan, ^H3936 chief ^H7218 fathers, ^H1 even of Laadan ^H3936 the Gershonite, ^H1649 were Jehieli. ^H3172 The sons ^H1121 of Jehieli; ^H3172 Zetham, ^H2241 and Joel ^H3100 his brother, ^H251 which were over the treasures ^H214 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD. ^H3068 Of the Amramites, ^H6020 and the Izharites, ^H3325 the Hebronites, ^H2276 and the Uzzielites: ^H5817 And Shebuel ^H7619 the son ^H1121 of Gershom, ^H1647 the son ^H1121 of Moses, ^H4872 was ruler ^H5057 of the treasures. ^H214 And his brethren ^H251 by Eliezer; ^H461 Rehabiah ^H7345 his son, ^H1121 and Jeshaiah ^H3470 his son, ^H1121 and Joram ^H3141 his son, ^H1121 and Zichri ^H2147 his son, ^H1121 and Shelomith ^H8019 ^H8013 his son. ^H1121 Which Shelomith ^H8013 and his brethren ^H251 were over all the treasures ^H214 of the dedicated things, ^H6944 which David ^H1732 the king, ^H4428 and the chief ^H7218 fathers, ^H1 the captains ^H8269 over thousands ^H505 and hundreds, ^H3967 and the captains ^H8269 of the host, ^H6635 had dedicated. ^H6942 Out of the spoils ^H7998 won in battles ^H4421 did they dedicate ^H6942 to maintain ^H2388 the house ^H1004 of the LORD. ^H3068 And all that Samuel ^H8050 the seer, ^H7200 and Saul ^H7586 the son ^H1121 of Kish, ^H7027 and Abner ^H74 the son ^H1121 of Ner, ^H5369 and Joab ^H3097 the son ^H1121 of Zeruiah, ^H6870 had dedicated; ^H6942 and whosoever had dedicated ^H6942 any thing, it was under the hand ^H3027 of Shelomith, ^H8019 and of his brethren. ^H251 Of the Izharites, ^H3325 Chenaniah ^H3663 and his sons ^H1121 were for the outward ^H2435 business ^H4399 over Israel, ^H3478 for officers ^H7860 and judges. ^H8199 And of the Hebronites, ^H2276 Hashabiah ^H2811 and his brethren, ^H251 men ^H1121 of valour, ^H2428 a thousand ^H505 and seven ^H7651 hundred, ^H3967 were officers ^H6486 among them of Israel ^H3478 on this side ^H5676 Jordan ^H3383 westward ^H4628 in all the business ^H4399 of the LORD, ^H3068 and in the service ^H5656 of the king. ^H4428 Among the Hebronites ^H2276 was Jerijah ^H3404 the chief, ^H7218 even among the Hebronites, ^H2276 according to the generations ^H8435 of his fathers. ^H1 In the fortieth ^H705 year ^H8141 of the reign ^H4438 of David ^H1732 they were sought ^H1875 for, and there were found ^H4672 among them mighty men ^H1368 of valour ^H2428 at Jazer ^H3270 of Gilead. ^H1568 And his brethren, ^H251 men ^H1121 of valour, ^H2428 were two thousand ^H505 and seven ^H7651 hundred ^H3967 chief ^H7218 fathers, ^H1 whom king ^H4428 David ^H1732 made rulers ^H6485 over the Reubenites, ^H7206 the Gadites, ^H1425 and the half ^H2677 tribe ^H7626 of Manasseh, ^H4520 for every matter ^H1697 pertaining to God, ^H430 and affairs ^H1697 of the king. ^H4428

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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