2 Chronicles 23:5

and let a third part be in the house of the king; and another third at the middle gate: and all the people in the courts of the Lord’s house.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4Now this is the thing which ye shall do. Let a third part of you, even of the priests and of the Levites, enter in on the Sabbath, even into the gates of the entrances;

6And let not anyone enter into the house of the Lord, except the priests and the Levites, and the servants of the Levites; they shall enter in, because they are holy: and let all the people keep the watch of the Lord.

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Cross References

2 Kings 11:5And charged them, saying, This is the thing which ye shall do.

Ezekiel 46:2And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the inner gate, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his whole burnt offerings and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the entrance of the gate: then shall he come forth; but the gate shall not be shut till evening.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 23:2-12

Preparations to Restore Judah. ( b. c. 878.) 1 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. 2 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. 3 And all the congregation made a covenant… Read the whole commentary →

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