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2 Chronicles 23:1
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And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened
himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael
the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah,
and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:2 |
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And they went about in Judah, and gathered the
Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers' houses of Israel,
and they came to Jerusalem. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:3 |
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And all the assembly made a covenant with the
king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall
reign, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the sons of David. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:4 |
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This is the thing that ye shall do: a third
part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall
be porters of the thresholds; |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:5 |
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and a third part shall be at the king's house;
and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in
the courts of the house of Jehovah. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:6 |
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But let none come into the house of Jehovah,
save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for
they are holy: but all the people shall keep the charge of Jehovah. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:7 |
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And the Levites shall compass the king round
about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever cometh into the house,
let him be slain: and be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth
out. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:8 |
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So the Levites and all Judah did according to
all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those
that were to come in on the sabbath; with those that were to go out on the sabbath;
for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:9 |
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And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains
of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's,
which were in the house of God. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:10 |
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And he set all the people, every man with his
weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house,
along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:11 |
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Then they brought out the king's son, and put
the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony, and made him king: and Jehoiada
and his sons anointed him; and they said, Long live the king. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:12 |
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And when Athaliah heard the noise of the people
running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah:
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| 2 Chronicles 23:13 |
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and she looked, and, behold, the king stood
by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king;
and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also played
on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah rent her
clothes, and said, Treason! treason! |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:14 |
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And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains
of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between
the ranks; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword: for the priest
said, Slay her not in the house of Jehovah. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:15 |
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So they made way for her; and she went to the
entrance of the horse gate to the king's house: and they slew her there. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:16 |
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And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself,
and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's people. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:17 |
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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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:18 |
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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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:19 |
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And he set the porters at the gates of the house
of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:20 |
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And he took the captains of hundreds, and the
nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought
down the king from the house of Jehovah: and they came through the upper gate
unto the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. |
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| 2 Chronicles 23:21 |
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So all the people of the land rejoiced, and
the city was quiet. And Athaliah they had slain with the sword. |
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