2 Chronicles 23:1-11

Joash Made King

1 ¹But in the seventh year Jehoiada took courage and entered into a covenant with the commanders of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri.

2 And they went about through ²Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

3 And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And Jehoiada^[a] said to them, "Behold, the king's son! Let him reign, ³as the LORD spoke concerning the sons of David.

4 This is the thing that you shall do: ⁴of you priests and Levites who come off duty on the Sabbath, one third shall be gatekeepers

5 and one third shall be at the king's house and one third at the Gate of the Foundation. And all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.

6 Let no one enter the house of the LORD except the priests ⁵and ministering Levites. They may enter, for they are holy, but all the people shall keep the charge of the LORD.

7 The Levites shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand. And whoever enters the house shall be put to death. Be with the king when he comes in and when he goes out."

8 The Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they each brought his men, who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss ⁶the divisions.

9 And Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains the spears and the large and small shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of God.

10 And he set all the people as a guard for the king, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house.

11 Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him ⁷the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, ⁸"Long live the king."

2 Chronicles 23:1-11 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. For ver. 1-21, see 2 Kings 11:4-20
• 2. See 2 Chronicles 21:2
• 3. See 2 Chronicles 6:16
• 4. [1 Chronicles 9:25; 1 Chronicles 24:4]
• 5. See 1 Chronicles 23:27-29
• 6. See 1 Chronicles 24
• 7. Deuteronomy 17:18, 19
• 8. See 1 Samuel 10:24

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew he