2 Chronicles 23
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And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
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.

went about

Psalm 112:5 A good man shows favor, and lends: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you …

Ephesians 5:15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

the chief of Houbigant omits the words {of Israel.} Bp. Patrick, however, is of the opinion that Judah is here called by the general name of {Israel}: but it is probable, that these `chief fathers of Israel' were the descendants of those priests and Levites, and other pious persons of the ten tribes, who left their cities and possessions, and joined themselves to Judah, in the days of Jeroboam. See the parallel passages.

2 Chronicles 11:13-17 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted …

1 Chronicles 15:12 And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: …

1 Chronicles 24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, …

And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.
This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.
But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.

spears

1 Samuel 21:9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you …

2 Samuel 8:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, …

which were in the house When the soldier retired from the tumults of war to the bosom of his family, he frequently hung up his arms in the temple as a grateful acknowledgment of the protection he had received, and of the victories he had won. It is highly probable, therefore, that the arms of David which Jehoiada delivered to the captains of hundred, `which were in the house of God,' were laid up in the tabernacle by David when he resigned the command of his armies to his generals; and there is reason to believe that his conduct, in this respect, was followed by many of his companions in arms.

And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.
Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.

They brought

2 Chronicles 22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of …

2 Kings 11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown on him, and …

put upon

2 Samuel 1:10 So I stood on him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could …

Psalm 21:3 For you prevent him with the blessings of goodness: you set a crown …

Psalm 89:39 You have made void the covenant of your servant: you have profaned …

Psalm 132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but on himself shall his crown flourish.

Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for …

James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, …

James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this …

Revelation 4:4,10 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and on the …

Revelation 5:10 And have made us to our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Revelation 19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; …

the testimony

Exodus 25:16 And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

Exodus 31:18 And he gave to Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him …

Deuteronomy 17:18-20 And it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom…

Psalm 2:10-12 Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth…

Psalm 78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, …

Isaiah 8:16,20 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples…

Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing …

anointed him

1 Samuel 10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed …

2 Samuel 5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king …

1 Kings 1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and …

Psalm 89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

Acts 4:26,27 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together …

God save the king [heb] Let the king live

1 Samuel 10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See you him whom the LORD has …

2 Samuel 16:16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was …

1 Kings 1:34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there …

Matthew 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, …

Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.

she looked

Psalm 14:5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

the king

2 Chronicles 34:31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, …

2 Kings 23:3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, …

and the princes

Numbers 10:1-10 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying…

1 Chronicles 15:24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, …

all the people

1 Kings 1:39,40 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and …

1 Chronicles 12:40 Moreover they that were near them, even to Issachar and Zebulun and …

Proverbs 11:10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: and when …

Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when …

sounded

Judges 7:8,18-22 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and …

2 Kings 9:13 Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it under …

the singers

1 Chronicles 15:16-22,27 And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers …

1 Chronicles 25:1-8 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service …

Then Athaliah

Ecclesiastes 9:12 For man also knows not his time: as the fishes that are taken in …

Treason [heb] conspiracy

1 Kings 18:17,18 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, …

2 Kings 9:23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There …

Romans 2:1,2 Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are that judge: …

Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

Have her forth The Vulgate has here, and in the parallel place, Educite illam extra septa templi, `Take her out beyond the precincts of the temple.' These were walls erected in parallel lines, and forming an extensive range of buildings around the sacred edifice.

Exodus 21:14 But if a man come presumptuously on his neighbor, to slay him with …

whoso followeth her. He who takes her part let him be instantly slain.

2 Kings 10:25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the …

2 Kings 11:8,15 And you shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons …

Slay her not

Ezekiel 9:7 And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the …

So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
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