CHAPTER XXIII _Jehoiada the priest, after having taken counsel with the_ _captains, Levites, c., proclaims Joash, and anoints him_ _king_, 1-11. _Athaliah, endeavouring to prevent it, is slain_, 12-15. _He makes the people enter into a covenant, that they would_ _serve the Lord_, 16. _The peo... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 23:9. _SPEARS AND BUCKLERS_] See on 2 Kings 11:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 23:11. _GOD SAVE THE KING._] _May the king live_! See on 2 Kings 11:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 23:14. _AND WHOSO FOLLOWETH HER, LET HIM BE SLAIN WITH THE_ _SWORD._] He who takes her part, or endeavours to prevent the present revolution, let him be immediately slain.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 23:15. _OF THE HORSE-GATE_] See on 2 Kings 11:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 23:16. _MADE A COVENANT BETWEEN HIM_] The high priest was, on this occasion, the representative of GOD; whom both the people and the king must have had in view, through the medium of his priest.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 23:17. _MATTAN THE PRIEST_] The _Targum_ will not prostitute the term _priest_, but calls him כומרא _cumera, priestling_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 23:21. _THE CITY WAS QUIET_] There was no attempt at a counter-revolution. Concerning the coronation of Joash, there is a curious circumstance mentioned by the _Targumist_ on 2 Chronicles 23:11, it is as follows: - "And they brought forth the son of the king, and put on him the... [ Continue Reading ]