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23:5 Another third <07992> of you will be stationed at the royal <04428> palace <01004> and still another third <07992> at the Foundation <03247> Gate <08179>. All <03605> the others <05971> will stand in the courtyards <02691> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. 23:6 No <0408> one must enter <0935> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> except <0518> <03588> the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> who are on duty <08334>. They <01992> may enter <0935> because <03588> they <01992> are ceremonially pure <06944>. All <03605> the others <05971> should carry out <08104> their assigned service <04931> to the Lord <03068>. 23:7 The Levites <03881> must surround <05362> the king <04428>. Each <0376> of you must hold his weapon <03627> in his hand <03027>. Whoever tries to <0413> enter <0935> the temple <01004> must be killed <04191>. You must accompany <01961> the king <04428> wherever he goes <03318> <0935>.” 23:8 The Levites <03881> and all <03605> the men of Judah <03063> did <06213> just <0834> as Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548> ordered <06680>. Each <0376> of them took <03947> his men <0376>, those who were on duty <0935> during the Sabbath <07676> as well as those who were off duty <03318> on the Sabbath <07676>. Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548> did not <03808> release <06362> his divisions <04256> from their duties. 23:9 Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548> gave <05414> to the officers <08269> of the units of hundreds <03967> King <04428> David’s <01732> spears <02595> and shields <04043> that <0834> were kept in God’s <0430> temple <01004>. 23:10 He placed <05975> the men <05971> at their posts, each <0376> holding his weapon <07973> in his hand <03027>. They lined up <05704> from the south <03233> side <03802> of the temple <01004> to the north <08042> side <03802> and stood near the altar <04196> and the temple <01004>, surrounding <05439> the king <04428>. 23:11 Jehoiada <03077> and his sons <01121> led out <03318> the king’s <04428> son <01121> and placed <05414> on <05921> him the crown <05145> and the royal insignia <05715>. They proclaimed <04427> him king <04427> and poured olive oil <04886> on his head. They declared <0559>, “Long live <02421> the king <04428>!” 23:12 When Athaliah <06271> heard <08085> the royal guard <07323> <05971> shouting <06963> and praising <01984> the king <04428>, she joined <0935> the crowd <05971> at <0413> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. 23:13 Then she saw <07200> the king <04428> standing <05975> by <05921> his pillar <05982> at the entrance <03996>. The officers <08269> and trumpeters <02689> stood beside <05921> the king <04428> and all <03605> the people <05971> of the land <0776> were celebrating <08055> and blowing <08628> trumpets <02689>, and the musicians <07891> with various instruments <07892> <03627> were leading <03045> the celebration <01984>. Athaliah <06271> tore <07167> her clothes <0899> and yelled <0559>, “Treason <07195>! Treason <07195>!” 23:14 Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548> sent out <03318> the officers <08269> of the units of hundreds <03967>, who were in charge of <06485> the army <02428>, and ordered <0559> them, “Bring <03318> her outside <03318> the temple <01004> to <0413> the guards <07713>. Put the sword <02719> to anyone who follows <0310> <0935> her.” The priest <03548> gave <0559> this order because <03588> he had decided she should not <03808> be executed <04191> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. 23:15 They seized <03027> <07760> her and took <0935> her into <0413> the precincts <03996> of the royal <04428> palace <01004> through the horses <05483>’ entrance <08179>. There <08033> they executed <04191> her. 23:16 Jehoiada <03077> then drew up <03772> a covenant <01285> stipulating that he, all <03605> the people <05971>, and the king <04428> should be <01961> loyal to the Lord <03068>. 23:17 All <03605> the people <05971> went <0935> and demolished <05422> the temple <01004> of Baal <01168>. They smashed <07665> its altars <04196> and idols <06754>. They killed <02026> Mattan <04977> the priest <03548> of Baal <01168> in front <06440> of the altars <04196>. 23:18 Jehoiada <03077> then assigned <07760> the duties <06486> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> to the priests <03548>, the Levites <03881> whom <0834> David <01732> had assigned <02505> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. They were responsible for offering <05927> burnt sacrifices <05930> to the Lord <03068> with joy <08057> and music <07892>, according to the law <08451> of Moses <04872> and the edict <03027> of David <01732>. 23:19 He posted <05975> guards <07778> at <05921> the gates <08179> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, so no <03808> one who was ceremonially unclean <02931> in any <03605> way <01697> could enter <0935>. 23:20 He summoned <03947> the officers <08269> of the units of hundreds <03967>, the nobles <0117>, the rulers <04910> of the people <05971>, and all <03605> the people <05971> of land <0776>, and he then led the king <04428> down <03381> from the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. They entered <0935> the royal <04428> palace <01004> through <08432> the Upper <05945> Gate <08179> and seated <03427> the king <04428> on <05921> the royal <04467> throne <03678>. 23:21 All <03605> the people <05971> of the land <0776> celebrated <08055>, for the city <05892> had rest <08252> now that they had killed <04191> Athaliah <06271>.

• 2Ch 22:10--23:21 -- Athaliah is Eliminated

• Zeal

  [nave] ZEAL, Religious Josh. 24:15, 16; 2 Sam. 24:24, 25; 1 Kin. 9:4; 1 Kin. 15:14; 1 Chr. 29:17; 2 Chr. 15:15; 2 Chr. 19:3; Ezra 7:23; Job 16:19; Psa. 42:1, 2; Psa. 60:4; Psa. 96:2, 3, 10; Psa. 119:139; Prov. 11:30; Eccl. 9:10; ...
  

• Revivals

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• Ranges

  [ebd] (1.) Lev. 11:35. Probably a cooking furnace for two or more pots, as the Hebrew word here is in the dual number; or perhaps a fire-place fitted to receive a pair of ovens. (2.) 2 Kings 11:8. A Hebrew word is here used differ...
  

• Pentateuch

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• PRIESTS AND LEVITES

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• LAY; LAYING

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• KORAHITES; SONS OF KORAH

  [isbe] KORAHITES; SONS OF KORAH - ko'-ra-its (qorchi), (beno qorach; in the King James Version appears also as Korhite, Kohathite, Kore): This phrase is used to denote Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph, Korah's 3 individual sons (Ex 6...
  

• Joash

  [nave] JOASH 1. Son of Becher, 1 Chr. 7:8. 2. Keeper of the stores of oil, 1 Chr. 27:28. 3. Father of Gideon, Judg. 6:11, 29, 31; 7:14; 8:13, 29-32. 4. Son of Ahab, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25. 5. Called also Jeh...
  

• Jehoiada

  [isbe] JEHOIADA - je-hoi'-a-da (yehoyadha`, "Yahweh knows"; Iodae): (1) Father of Benaiah, the captain of David's body-guard (2 Sam 8:18; 20:23; 23:20,22; 1 Ki 1:8, etc.). Jehoiada was "the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel" (2 Sam 2...
  [nave] JEHOIADA 1. Father of Benaiah, one of David's officers, 2 Sam. 8:18. 2. A high priest. Overthrows Athaliah, the usurping queen of Judah, and establishes Jehoash upon the throne, 2 Kin. 11; 2 Chr. 23. Salutary influence of,...
  

• JERUSALEM, 4

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• JERUSALEM, 2

  [isbe] JERUSALEM, 2 - IV. General Topography of Jerusalem. From the foregoing description of the "natural site," it will be seen that we have to deal with 5 natural subdivisions or hills, two on the western and three on the eastern...
  

• JEHOASH; JOASH

  [isbe] JEHOASH; JOASH - je-ho'-ash, the uncontracted form of (yeho'ash, yo'ash, "Yahweh has bestowed"; compare 2 Ki 11:2,21; 12:1,19; 2 Ch 24:1, etc.; Ioas): (1) The 9th king of Judah; son of Ahaziah and Zibiah, a woman of Beersheb...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• GENEALOGY, 1-7

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 1-7 - je-na-al'-o-ji, jen-a-al'-o-ji: 1. Definition 2. Biblical References 3. Importance of Genealogies 4. Their Historical Value 5. Principles of Interpretation 6. Principles of Compilation 7. Sources 8. Principa...
  

• GALLANT

  [isbe] GALLANT - gal'-ant: The translation of 'addir, "bright," "splendid," "mighty" (Isa 33:21, "Neither shall gallant ('addir) ship pass thereby"); the word is translated "mighty" in Ex 15:10; 1 Sam 4:8; Isa 10:34; Zec 11:2 the K...
  

• FORTH

  [isbe] FORTH - forth: "Forth," adverb (from "for"), signifies movement (1) forward, (2) out of, (3) beyond a certain boundary. In a few instances in the Old Testament it is the translation of the preposition `al, properly "above," ...
  

• EZEKIEL, 2

  [isbe] EZEKIEL, 2 - II. Significance of Ezekiel in Israel's Religious History. Under the first head we will consider the formal characteristics and significance of the book; and the examination of its contents will form the subject...
  

• Deuteronomy

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• DOORKEEPER

  [isbe] DOORKEEPER - dor'-kep-er (sho`er): The gates of an oriental city and of the temple courts so closely resembled the door of a house that the same Hebrew word was used for doorkeeper and gatekeeper. It is often translated by t...
  

• CRITICISM

  [isbe] CRITICISM - (The Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis) I. PRELIMINARY 1. Thesis 2. Historical Perspective 3. Inspiration and Criticism II. THE LEGISLATION 1. Groups 2. Covenant Code 3. The Sanctuary 4. Kinds of Sacrifice 5. Sacrifice ...
  

• Joash Is Made King

  

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