2 Chronicles 23:20

THE HIGH GATE - See 2 Kings 11:19 note....

EXPOSITION This chapter records first those careful preparations of Jehoiada which eventuated in the safe proclaiming of Joash king (2 Chronicles 23:1); then the tragic demonstration and tragic end of Athaliah (2 Chronicles 23:12); and lastly, the beneficent action of Jehoiada over people and king, to the complete restoration of the worship and temple-services of the true God (2 Chronicles 23:16-14). The chapter is very closely paralleled by 2 Kings 11:4; while the characteristic and to be expected differences on the part of our text are very conspicuous. These will be noted a

2 Chronicles 23:1....

4. REFORMATION UNDER JOASH CHAPTER 23 Joash King and Athaliah's Execution _ 1. Joash made king (2 Chronicles 23:1)_ 2. Athaliah slain (2 Chronicles 23:12) 3. Jehoiada and the revival (2 Chronicles 23:16) The annotations to this interesting page in the history of Judah have already been made in connection with 2 Kings 11. We therefore pass over the preservation of the young child Joash and his hiding away in the LORD's house, on this account. However we call attention to the differences in the two accounts in...

2 CHRONICLES 23, 24. THE REIGN OF JOASH (see notes on 2 Kings 11:4 to 2 Kings 12:21. While the Chronicler bases his narrative, in the main, on the parallel passage in 2 K., he makes changes by means of additions and omissions which leave an entirely different impression on the mind of the reader; this applies more especially to the passage 2 Chronicles 23:1. According to 2 K. it is the captains of hundreds, the royal body-guard composed of foreigners, who enter the Temple at the instance of Jehoiada and proclaim Joash king; the Chronicler, on the other hand, imputes this action, not to the soldiery but to the priests and Levites, because the Law allowed none but priests and Levites to enter the sanctuary. He t

_the nobles_ Heb. _addîrîm_; cp. Nehemiah 3:5 (with Ryle's note). In 2 Kin., "the Carites"; cp. 2 Chronicles 23:1 (note). _the high gate_ R.V. THE UPPER GATE; cp. 2 Chronicles 27:3, "the high (-upper," R.V.) gate of the house of the Lord." In 2 Kin., "by the way of the gate of the guard" (doubtless one of the gates of the _palace_). The Chronicler writing at a time when the palace had ceased to exist, prefers to fix localities by reference to the Temple....

9. THE REIGN OF JOASH (2 Chronicles 23:16-21) TEXT 2 Chronicles 23:16. And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's people. 17. And 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. 18. And Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David. 19. And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should

REIGN OF JOASH This chapter repeats 2 Kings 11:4, but brings into prominence the ecclesiastical officials in place of the soldiers of the royal guard....

2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 23 ATHALIAH AND JOASH – 2 CHRONICLES 23:1-21 V1 In the 7th year of Athaliah’s rule, Jehoiada showed his strength. He made an agreement with the captains who were over units of 100 men. These captains were: • Azariah, son of Jeroham, • Ishmael, son of Johanan, • Azariah, s

AND HE TOOK. — See 2 Kings 11:19. THE NOBLES, AND THE GOVERNORS OF THE PEOPLE. — Kings has: “And the Carians and the _Couriers.”_ (See Note on 2 Chronicles 23:1.) THE NOBLES. — Comp. Psalms 16:3. GOVERNORS OF THE PEOPLE. — Comp. Isaiah 28:14. These “nobles and governors” are perhaps “the heads of the clans” of 2 Chronicles 23:2, and “the princes of 2 Chronicles 23:13; though the phrase certainly lo