2 Chronicles 23:18

18 And Jehoiada posted watchmen for the house of the Lord under the direction of ¹the Levitical priests and the Levites ²whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the Lord, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, ³as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, ⁴according to the order of David.

2 Chronicles 23:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 23:18

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1).

2 Chronicles 23:18 In-Context

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, and 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 the Levitical priests and the Levites whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the Lord, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.

19 He stationed the 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 through the upper gate to the king’s house. And they set the king on the royal throne.

Cross References

• 1. 23:18 ch. 5:5; 30:27
• 2. 23:18 1 Chr. 23:6, 30, 31; 24:1
• 3. 23:18 Num. 28:2
• 4. 23:18 [1 Chr. 25:2]