2 Chronicles 23:2

And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
about	וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ vai.ya.So.bu	H5437	to revolve · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Judah	בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה bi.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · preposition + proper noun, a place name
gathered	וַיִּקְבְּצ֤וּ vai.yik.be.Tzu	H6908	to grasp · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Levites	הַלְוִיִּם֙ hal.vi.Yim	H3881	a Levite or descendant of Levi · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
cities	עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common masculine plural construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
chief	וְרָאשֵׁ֥י ve.ra.Shei	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
fathers	הָאָב֖וֹת ha.'a.Vot	H1	father · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
Israel	לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל le.Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · preposition + proper noun, a place name
came	וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ vai.ya.Vo.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 11:13-17 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.
1 Chronicles 15:12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the…
1 Chronicles 24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahi…
2 Chronicles 21:2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were th…
Psalms 112:5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Ephesians 5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 23:1-11

We may well imagine the bad posture of affairs in Jerusalem during Athaliah's six years' usurpation, and may wonder that God permitted it and his people bore it so long; but after such a dark and tedious night the returning day in this revolution was the brighter and the more welcome. The continuance of David's seed and throne was what God had sworn by his holiness (Psa 89:35), and an interruption was no defeasance; the stream of government here runs again in the right channel. The instrument and chief manager of the restoration is Jehoiada, who appears to have been, 1. A man of great prudence, who reserved the young prince for so many years till he was fit to appear in public, and till the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 23:2

chief of all the fathers of Israel--This name is frequently used in Chronicles for Judah and Benjamin, now all that remained of Israel. Having cautiously entrusted the secret of the young prince's preservation to all the leading men in the kingdom, he enlisted their interest in the royal cause and got their pledge to support it by a secret oath of fidelity. they came to Jerusalem--The time chosen for the grand discovery was, probably, one of the annual festivals, when there was a general concourse of the nation at the capital.

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 23:1

And in the seventh year - See on Kg2 11:4 (note), etc.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1

The contents of this chapter are the same with 2 Kings 11:4 and need no other explanation than what may be found in the notes there, to which the reader is referred.See Gill on 2 Kings 11:4. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:5. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:6. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:7. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:8. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:9. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:10. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:11. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:12. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:13. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:14. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:15. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:16. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:17. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:18. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:19. See Gill on 2 Kings 11:20.

Dictionary and topics

Covenant — A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a…
Constitution · AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE RULER AND PEOPLE — AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE RULER AND PEOPLE

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 23:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 23:2

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 23:1

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 23:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 23:2

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 23:1

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 23:1-3