2 Chronicles 23:16-21

Jehoiada's Reforms

16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the LORD's people.

17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, ¹and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

18 And Jehoiada posted watchmen for the house of the LORD under the direction of ²the Levitical priests and the Levites ³whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, ⁴as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, ⁵according to the order of David.

19 He stationed ⁶the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean

20 And he took the captains, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, marching ⁷through the upper gate to the king's house. And they set the king on the royal throne.

21 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been put to death with the sword

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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Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 13:9
• 2. 2 Chronicles 5:5; 2 Chronicles 30:27
• 3. 1 Chr. 23:6, 30, 31; 1 Chronicles 24:1
• 4. Numbers 28:2
• 5. [1 Chronicles 25:2]
• 6. See 1 Chronicles 26:1-19
• 7. [2 Kings 11:19; 2 Kings 15:35]