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2 Chronicles 23:16-21

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16 Then 1Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they would be the LORD'S people.
17 And all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down, and they broke in pieces his altars and his images, and 2killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
18 Moreover, Jehoiada placed the offices of the house of the LORD under the authority of 3the Levitical priests, 4whom David had assigned over the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses -5with rejoicing and singing according to the order of David.
19 He stationed 6the gatekeepers of the house of the LORD, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean
20 7He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the LORD, and came through the upper gate to the king's house. And they placed the king upon the royal throne.
21 So 8all of the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword
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2 Chronicles 23:16-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 23

The contents of this chapter are the same with 2Ki 11:4-20 and need no other explanation than what may be found in the notes there, to which the reader is referred.

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Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 8

  • 1. 2 Kings 11:17
  • 2. Deuteronomy 13:6-9; 1 Kings 18:40
  • 3. 2 Chronicles 5:5
  • 4. 1 Chr 23:6, 25-31
  • 5. 1 Chronicles 25:1
  • 6. 1 Chronicles 9:22
  • 7. 2 Kings 11:19
  • 8. 2 Kings 11:20

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Lit "hand"
  • [b] Lit "hands of"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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