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2 Chronicles 23:15-21

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15 So they seized * her, and when she arrived at the entrance of 1the Horse Gate of the king's house, they 2put her to death there.

Reforms Carried Out

16 Then 3Jehoiada 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 4killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
18 Moreover, Jehoiada placed the offices of the house of the LORD under the authority of 5the Levitical priests, 6whom 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 -7with rejoicing and singing according to the order of David.
19 He stationed 8the gatekeepers of the house of the LORD, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean
20 9He 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 10all 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 23:15-21 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

Cross References 10

  • 1. Nehemiah 3:28; Jeremiah 31:40
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 22:10
  • 3. 2 Kings 11:17
  • 4. Deuteronomy 13:6-9; 1 Kings 18:40
  • 5. 2 Chronicles 5:5
  • 6. 1 Chr 23:6, 25-31
  • 7. 1 Chronicles 25:1
  • 8. 1 Chronicles 9:22
  • 9. 2 Kings 11:19
  • 10. 2 Kings 11:20

Footnotes 3

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