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2 Chronicles 23:2

in 2 Chronicles 23

So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

KJV

And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 23

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Jehoiada strengthened himself

on 2 Chronicles 23:1-2

Chronicles opens the coup where 2 Kings 11 does, but the muster differs. The commanders gather “the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel”. The priestly order stands where the parallel account names palace troops, the men David had organized into divisions.

This site's exposition

gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah

The captains carry the plan through the country. Barnes observes that Jehoiada wanted a strong body of Levites and family heads beside the royal guard. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown suggest the gathering was timed for one of the annual feasts, when crowds coming to Jerusalem would draw no notice.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Having cautiously entrusted the secret of the young prince's preservation to all the leading men in the kingdom, he enlisted their interest in the royal cause and got their pledge to support it by a secret oath of fidelity. they came to Jerusalem--The time chosen for the grand discovery was, probably, one of the annual festivals, when there was a general concourse of the nation at the capital.
Jehoiada was unwilling to trust the success of the revolution wholly and entirely to the royal body-guard. Accordingly, the captains collected from the cities of Judah a strong body of Levites and the chief of the fathers of Israel (i. e. “Judah,” see 2Ch 20:34 note) who were brought up to Jerusalem.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙and they went around

    vaiyasobuH5437 →161 times

  • בִּֽיהוּדָ֔הin Judah

    bihudahH3063 →819 times

  • וַיִּקְבְּצ֤וּand they gathered

    vaiyikbetzuH6908 →127 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַלְוִיִּם֙the Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • מִכָּל־from all

    mikolH3605 →5413 times

  • עָרֵ֣י[the] cities of

    ʾareiH5892 →1090 times

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וְרָאשֵׁ֥יand [the] heads of

    verasheiH7218 →599 times

  • הָאָב֖וֹתthe fathers

    haavotH1 →1212 times

  • לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לof Israel

    leyisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וַיָּבֹ֖אוּand they came

    vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Jerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Ephesians 5:15

    Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

    it leads to

    • Colossians 4:5

      Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.

    • James 3:13

      Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

    • Philippians 1:27

      Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm…

    • 1 Corinthians 14:20

      Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

    • Proverbs 14:8

      The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.

  • Through

    Psalms 112:5

    It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 37:21

      The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

    • Proverbs 2:20

      So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

    • Ephesians 5:15

      Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.