2 Chronicles 23:11
in 2 Chronicles 23Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”
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ASV
Then they brought out the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony, and made him king: and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said, Long live the king.
KJV
Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 23
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
with their weapons in hand
on 2 Chronicles 23:10-11
Jehoiada and his sons “put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king”. The Testimony is the copy of the law a king was to keep under Deuteronomy 17:18-20, so crown and law come to him. They anoint him and shout, “Long live the king”.
This site's exposition
presented him with the Testimony
The shout is the acclamation Israel raised at the choosing of Saul in 1 Samuel 10:24. Clarke gives its sense as a wish that the king may live. For the one son of Ahaziah left alive after 22:10-11, the cry is a prayer for the line of David itself.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the L ORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the L ORD , to offer the burnt offerings of the L ORD , as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
God save the king - May the king live! See on 2Ki 11:12 (note).
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
the crown This is the crown that David took from Rabbah of the children of Ammon, as it is written (I Chron:2): “And David took the crown of Malkam off his head, etc., and it was on David’s head.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיּוֹצִ֣יאוּ | vaiyotziu | and they brought out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ | vaiyitenu | and they put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עָלָיו֙ | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַנֵּ֙זֶר֙ | hanezer | the crown | H5145 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָ֣עֵד֔וּת | haedut | the testimony | H5715 → | 59 times |
| וַיַּמְלִ֖יכוּ | vaiyamlikhu | and they made king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| אֹת֑וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וַיִּמְשָׁחֻ֙הוּ֙ | vaiyimshachuhu | and they anointed him | H4886 → | |
| יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע | yehoyada' | Jehoiada | H3077 → | 51 times |
| וּבָנָ֔יו | uvanav | and sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְחִ֥י | yechi | may he live | H2421 → | |
| הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ ס | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
וַיּוֹצִ֣יאוּand they brought out
vaiyotziuH3318 →1067 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וַיִּתְּנ֤וּand they put
vaiyitenuH5414 →2011 times
עָלָיו֙on him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַנֵּ֙זֶר֙the crown
hanezerH5145 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָ֣עֵד֔וּתthe testimony
haedutH5715 →59 times
וַיַּמְלִ֖יכוּand they made king
vaiyamlikhuH4427 →348 times
אֹת֑וֹ<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
וַיִּמְשָׁחֻ֙הוּ֙and they anointed him
vaiyimshachuhuH4886 →
יְהוֹיָדָ֣עJehoiada
yehoyada'H3077 →51 times
וּבָנָ֔יוand sons his
uvanavH1121 →4930 times
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּand they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
יְחִ֥יmay he live
yechiH2421 →
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 10:24Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
it leads to
- 1 Kings 1:39
Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 1:25
For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest.…
- 2 Samuel 21:6
let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,”…
- 1 Kings 1:39
Through
2 Kings 11:12Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 10:24
Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
- Exodus 25:16
And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
- 1 Samuel 10:24
Through
Psalms 89:39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
it leads to
- Lamentations 5:16
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
- Lamentations 5:16
Through
Exodus 25:16And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:26
“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
- 1 Kings 8:9
There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out…
- Deuteronomy 31:26
About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
