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2 Chronicles 23:16-21

King James Version (KJV)

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16. And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’S people. 17. Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18. Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as [it is] written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, [as it was ordained] by David. 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. 20. And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 21. And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

2 Chronicles 23:16-21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 23:16

Theological / Devotional

Made a covenant. Verses 16-21, dealing with the renewal of the covenant with Jehovah, the abolition of the worship of Baal, and the setting of the king upon his throne are parallel with 2 Kings 11:17-20.

Between him. The parallel passage reads, “between the Lord” (2 Kings 11:17). In this instance Jehoiada represented the Lord, for the covenant that was made was between the Lord on the one side and the king and the people on the other.

There was also a covenant between king and people (see on 2 Kings 11:17).

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