2 Chronicles 23:5

and a third, being in the house of the king, and a third, at the foundation gate,—and all the people, being in the courts of the house of Yahweh,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4This, is the thing that ye shall do,—A third of you entering on the sabbath, both of the priests and of the Levites, as doorkeepers of the porch;

6then let no one enter the house of Yahweh, save only the priests, and they who are in attendance of the Levites, they, may enter, for, holy, they are,-but, all the people, shall keep the watch of Yahweh.

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Cross References

2 Kings 11:5and commanded them, saying—This, is the thing which ye must do,—A third part of you, will be coming in on the sabbath, and keeping the watch of the house of the king;

Ezekiel 46:2The prince therefore shall enter by way of the porch of the gate without and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall offer his ascending-sacrifice and his peace offerings, and he shall bow down upon the threshold of the gate and then go forth, but the gate shall not be shut until the 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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