2 Chronicles 23:19

And he caused gatekeepers to stand, at the gates of the house of Yahweh,—that no one who was unclean should, on any account, enter.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18And Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of Yahweh into the hand of the priests and the Levites, whom David set by courses over the house of Yahweh, that they might offer up the ascending-sacrifices of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with song,—under the direction of David.

20Then took he the captains of hundreds—and the nobles—and the rulers over the people—and all the people of the land, and brought down the king out of the house of Yahweh, and they entered, through the midst of the upper gate, into the house of the king,—and they seated the king, upon the throne of the kingdom.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 9:23So, they and their sons, were over the gates of the house of Yahweh, of the house of the tent, by watches.

2 Chronicles 8:14and he caused to stand, according to the regulation of David his father, the courses of the priests over their service and of the Levites over their charges, to offer praise and to minister before the priests, for the duty of each day upon its own day, and the gate-keepers in their courses, at every several gate,—for, such, was the commandment of David the man of God;

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 23:13-21

Joash Crowned and Athaliah Slain. ( b. c. 878.) 12 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 : 13 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 music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. 14… Read the whole commentary →

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