2 Chronicles 23:18

18 Then Jehoiada put the oversight of the Lord's temple into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the Lord's temple, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and song ordained by^[a] David.

2 Chronicles 23:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 23:18

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1).

2 Chronicles 23:18 In-Context

16 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, the king, and the people that they would be the Lord's people.

17 So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They broke its altars and images into pieces and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, at the altars.

18 Then Jehoiada put the oversight of the Lord's temple into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the Lord's temple, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and song ordained by David.

19 He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the Lord's temple so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason

20 Then he took [with him] the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the Lord's temple. They entered the king's palace through the upper [gate] and seated the king on the throne of the kingdom.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit song on the hands of