2 Chronicles 23:19 KJV — MannaFest

2 Chronicles 23:19

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.

KJV

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ASV

And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.

WEB

He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.

YLT

and he stationeth the gatekeepers over the gates of the house of Jehovah, and the unclean in anything doth not go in.

DBT

And he set the doorkeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that no one unclean in anything should enter in.

About this book

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2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.

Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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1 Chronicles 26:1
Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
1 Chronicles 9:22–24
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
2 Kings 11:19
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
1 Chronicles 9:23
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He 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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), 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,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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