2 Chronicles 23:1-9
seventh year <08141 07637> [seventh year.]
pact <01285> [covenant with him.]
throughout <05437> [went about.]
family leaders <07218 01> [the chief of.]
Houbigant omits the words of Israel. Bp. Patrick, however, is of the opinion that Judah is here called by the general name of Israel: but it is probable, that these "chief fathers of Israel," were the descendants of those priests and Levites, and other pious persons of the ten tribes, who left their cities and possessions, and joined themselves to Judah, in the days of Jeroboam. See the parallel passages.
made ... covenant <03772 01285> [made a covenant.]
<03068> [as the Lord.]
on duty <0935> [entering.]
guard <07778> [porters.]
doors <05592> [doors. Heb. thresholds.]
royal palace ..................... temple <01004 04428> [the king's house.]
Gate <08179> [the gate.]
duty <08334> [they that minister.]
Levites <03881> [the Levites.]
enter .............. goes <0935> [whosoever.]
Levites <03881> [the Levites.]
divisions <04256> [the courses.]
spears <02595> [spears.]
temple <01004> [which were in the house.]
When the soldier retired from the tumults of war to the bosom of his family, he frequently hung up his arms in the temple, as a grateful acknowledgment of the protection he had received, and of the victories he had won. It is highly probable, therefore, that the arms of David which Jehoiada delivered to the captains of hundreds, "which were in the house of God," were laid up in the tabernacle by David when he resigned the command of his armies to his generals; and there is reason to believe that his conduct, in this respect, was followed by many of his companions in arms.
