2 Chronicles 23:11

And they led out Joash the son of the king, and they set a diadem upon his head; and they gave to him in his hand the law to be holden, and they made him king. And Jehoiada, the bishop, and his sons, anointed him; and they prayed heartily, and said, The king live! (or And the High Priest Jehoiada, and his sons, anointed him; and they prayed, and heartily said, Long live the king!)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10And he ordained all the people, of them that held swords, at the right side of the temple unto the left side of the temple, before the altar and the temple, by compass of the king (or all around the king).

12And when Athaliah had heard this thing, that is, the voice of men running and praising the king, (or that is, the sound of men running and praising the king), she entered in to the people, into the temple of the Lord.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:16And thou shalt put into the ark the witnessing, that is, (the) law, which I shall give to thee. (And thou shalt put into the Ark the Witnessing, that is, the tablets of the Law, which I shall give to thee.)

Deuteronomy 17:18Forsooth after that he hath set in the throne of his realm, he shall write to himself, that is, shall make to be written, the deuteronomy, that is, declaration, of this law in a book, and he shall take (the) exemplar of (the) priests of the kin of Levi; (And after that he hath sat on the throne of his kingdom, he shall have written for himself the deuteronomy, or the declaration, of this law in a book, and his copy shall be made from the original held by the levitical priests;)

1 Samuel 10:24And Samuel said to all the people, Certainly ye see whom the Lord hath chosen; for none in all the people is like him (or for there is no one like him among all the people). And all the people cried, and said, (Long) Live the king!

2 Samuel 5:3Also and the elder men of Israel came to the king, into Hebron; and king David smote with them (a) bond of peace in Hebron, before the Lord; and they anointed David into king upon Israel. (And the elders of Israel came to the king in Hebron; and King David struck a covenant with them in Hebron, before the Lord; and they anointed David king upon Israel.)

1 Kings 1:25For he came down today, and offered oxen, and fat things, and full many wethers; and he called all the sons of the king, [and the prince (s) of the host], and also Abiathar, [the] priest; and when they ate, and drank before him, and said, King Adonijah live, (or and when they ate, and drank before him, they said, Long live King Adonijah!);

1 Kings 1:39And Zadok, the priest, took an horn of oil (out) of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon; and they sang with a clarion (or and they sang with a trumpet); and all the people said, (Long) Live king Solomon!

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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