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New Testament
2 Chronicles 23:1-11
Jehoiada Anoints Joash As King
231In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself[] by entering into a covenant with the commanders of the hundreds, namely, Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Ma'aseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri. 2They went around Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the leading fathers of Israel, who came to Jerusalem.
3The whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the House of God. Jehoiada said to them:
Look! Here is the king's son. He will rule as king, just as the Lord has promised concerning the sons of David.
4This is what you will do. One third of you who are coming on duty on the Sabbath to perform your duties as priests and Levites are to guard the gates. 5One third of you will be in the palace of the king, and one third at the Foundation Gate.[] All the people will be stationed in the courtyards of the House of the Lord.
6No one will come into the house[] of the Lord except the priests and the Levites who are serving. They are allowed to enter because they are holy. All the rest of the people will follow the directions of the Lord.
7The Levites will completely surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand. Anyone who enters the house will be put to death. You accompany the king when he comes in and goes out.
8The Levites and all Judah did exactly as Jehoiada the priest had commanded. Each leader combined the men coming on duty on the Sabbath with those going off duty on the Sabbath, because Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions.
9Jehoiada the priest gave the commanders of the hundreds the spears, the large shields, and the small shields[] which belonged to King David and which were in the House of God. 10He stationed all the people, each man with his weapon in his hand, in a circle from the south side of the temple building to the north side of the building, around the altar and all around the building, completely surrounding the king.
Footnotes
- 23:1 Or showed his courage
- 23:5 In 2 Kings 11:6 this is called the Sur Gate.
- 23:6 The term house here refers to the sanctuary building itself and the area immediately surrounding it. See also verses 7 and 10. In this part of Chronicles the Hebrew word for house (beth) is used in different senses. It may be a name for the entire temple complex, including the courtyards for the laypeople, or it may refer only to the sanctuary building, where the priests officiated. The translation distinguishes these uses by using House of the Lord as the title of the whole complex and house or building when the reference is only to the sanctuary building itself. The word house is also used to refer to the king's palace.
- 23:9 Or quivers
- 23:11 Probably a copy of the Law