2 Chronicles 23:19
in 2 Chronicles 23He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.
KJV
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 23
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHe appointed the priests to their courses, for the due offering of sacrifices, according to the law of Moses. The singers to theirs, according to the appointment of David. The sacrifices (it should seem) were offered with rejoicing and singing, and with good reason.
This site's exposition
so that nothing unclean could enter
on 2 Chronicles 23:19-21
Jehoiada stations gatekeepers at the temple gates “so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason”, the purity line the chapter drew at verse 6. Joash is seated on the royal throne. Six years under a usurper end in one day with no breach of the temple's holiness.
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), and their office was to take care that none who were upon any account ceremonially unclean should be admitted into the courts of the temple. The civil government re-established,
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The continuance of David's seed and throne was what God had sworn by his holiness ( Ps. lxxxix. 35 ), and an interruption was no defeasance; the stream of government here runs again in the right channel. The instrument and chief manager of the restoration is Jehoiada, who appears to have been, 1.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיַּעֲמֵד֙ | vaiyaamed | and he stationed | H5975 → | 521 times |
| הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔ים | hashoarim | the gatekeepers | H7778 → | 37 times |
| עַֽל־ | ʾal- | at | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שַׁעֲרֵ֖י | shaarei | [the] gates of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָבֹ֥א | yavo' | he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| טָמֵ֖א | tame' | a [person] unclean | H2931 → | |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דָּבָֽר׃ | davar | matter | H1697 → | 1440 times |
וַֽיַּעֲמֵד֙and he stationed
vaiyaamedH5975 →521 times
הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔יםthe gatekeepers
hashoarimH7778 →37 times
עַֽל־at
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
שַׁעֲרֵ֖י[the] gates of
shaareiH8179 →374 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָבֹ֥אhe came
yavo'H935 →2568 times
טָמֵ֖אa [person] unclean
tame'H2931 →
לְכָל־to any
lekholH3605 →5413 times
דָּבָֽר׃matter
davarH1697 →1440 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.