2 Chronicles 23:19

2 Chronicles 23:19 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)He also stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the Lord’s temple so that no one who was in any way unclean might enter.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord, so that no one who was in any way unclean should enter.

Context of 2 Chronicles 23:19

17All the people went to the temple of Baal. They destroyed it. They completely knocked down its altars and idols. They killed Baal's priest, Mattan, in front of Baal's altars. 18Then Jehoiada gave jobs to the priests and the Levites to do in the Lord's temple. That was the work that King David had told them to do in the temple. They had to offer burnt offerings as sacrifices to the Lord, and they had to praise him with happy songs. They did the things that Moses had written in God's law and that David had taught. Jehoiada put guards at the gates of the Lord's temple. They would stop anyone who was unclean from going in. 20Jehoiada called together the officers of army groups, the important men, the government officers and all the other people. Jehoiada led them all to bring the king down from the Lord's temple into the palace. They went into the palace through the Higher Gate. They put Joash on the royal throne as king. 21All the people were very happy. There was no longer any trouble in Jerusalem now that they had killed Athaliah as her punishment.

2 Chronicles 23:19 word by word

וַֽיַּעֲמֵד֙ הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔ים עַֽל־שַׁעֲרֵ֖י בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־יָבֹ֥א טָמֵ֖א לְכָל־דָּבָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he setעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• the portersשֹׁעֵרshô‛êr shô‛êr · gatekeeperH7778
• at the gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• in any thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• should enter inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 23:19

• 1 Chronicles 9:23Those men and their descendants had to stand as guards at the gates of the Lord's Holy Place, which had been a special tent.
• 1 Chronicles 26:1These are the groups of guards for the entrances of the temple: From Korah's descendants there was Kore's son Meshelemiah, who was a descendant of Asaph.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 23:19

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-19Jehoiada the priest helped Joash become king, restoring David's dynasty and bringing back temple worship as David instructed.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Covenant
• Athaliah
• Doorkeeper
• Genealogy
• Jehoash; Joash
• Jehoiada

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings