Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 23:4
The writer of Chronicles relates the orders that were given to the Levites, the author of Kings those received by the royal body-guard (2 Kings 11:5 note). read more
역대하 23:1-10 Krv
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 23:6
Keep the watch of the Lord - i. e. guard against any attempt that might be made by the Baal-worshippers to force their way through the courts into the temple. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 23:7
Compare 2 Kings 11:8, 2 Kings 11:11. The soldiers and the Levites in the temple were probably intermixed in about equal proportions. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 23:8
And took every man his men ... - i. e. the relief, already organized by Jehoiada into three bodies 2 Chronicles 23:4-5, was further strengthened by the members of the outgoing “course,” who were associated in the work to be done. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 23:1
2 Chronicles 23:1. And took the captains of hundreds Not all, but those here following, in whom he put most trust. But the contents of this chapter, in general, having occurred 2 Kings 11:0., where they are explained, little need be said on them here. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 23:2
2 Chronicles 23:2. And gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah Because he knew them to be well affected to the cause of God and the king, to which they were bound by the two strongest ties, conscience and interest: and because he could collect them without any suspicion, it being their duty to attend at Jerusalem at the solemn feasts, the time of one which was probably chosen for this purpose. And the chief of the fathers Israel Judah is here called Israel, as in several... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 23:4-5
2 Chronicles 23:4-5. A third part of you shall be porters of the doors Or rather, guards at the gates, to prevent any of Athaliah’s party from entering into the temple. At the gate of the foundation So called, because it stood lower than the rest of the doors, at the foot of the steps by which they went up from the king’s house to the temple. And all the people shall be in the courts In the two courts; for by the people here he seems to intend both the generality of the Levites, who... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 23:6
2 Chronicles 23:6. Let none come into the house of the Lord Strictly so called, and distinguished from the courts just mentioned, namely, into the sanctuary, or holy place. Save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites Who are to minister in course, or according to my present appointment. They shall go in, for they are holy They have been consecrated to the service of God, and are bound to attend there. But all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord That is, of the... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 23:1-21
Jezebel’s Baalism in Judah (21:1-23:21)The Baalism of Ahab and Jezebel remained strong in the northern kingdom during the successive reigns of their sons Ahaziah and Joram (2 Kings 1:1-8:15). It spread to Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram, who was married to Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel (21:1-20; see notes on 2 Kings 8:16-24).Judah’s next king, Ahaziah, at the direction of his mother Athaliah and her northern relatives, cooperated with the idolatrous northern... read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 23:3
By “all the congregation” here is meant the persons referred to in 2 Chronicles 23:2. read more