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New King James Version

2 Chronicles 23:19

And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that no one who was in any way unclean should enter.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Athaliah;   Joash or Jehoash;   Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Athaliah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gatekeeper;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Athaliah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Joash;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Anoint;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Doorkeeper;   Jehoiada;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Joash;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the Lord’s temple so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.
Hebrew Names Version
He set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
King James Version
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord , that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
English Standard Version
He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean.
New Century Version
Jehoiada put guards at the gates of the Temple of the Lord so that anyone who was unclean in any way could not enter.
New English Translation
He posted guards at the gates of the Lord 's temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.
Amplified Bible
Jehoiada stationed the gatekeepers [at the gates] of the house of the LORD, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean.
New American Standard Bible
He stationed the gatekeepers of the house of the LORD, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean.
World English Bible
He set the porters at the gates of the house of Yahweh, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he set porters by the gates of ye house of the Lord, that none that was vncleane in any thing, should enter in.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he caused the gatekeepers of the house of Yahweh to stand, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean.
Berean Standard Bible
He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.
Contemporary English Version
Jehoiada ordered the guards at the temple gates to keep out anyone who was unclean.
Complete Jewish Bible
He stationed guards at the gates of the house of Adonai , so that no one who was unclean in any respect could enter.
Darby Translation
And he set the doorkeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that no one unclean in anything should enter in.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jehoiada put guards at the gates of the Lord 's Temple to prevent any unclean person from entering the Temple.
George Lamsa Translation
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD SO that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
Good News Translation
Jehoiada also put guards on duty at the Temple gates to keep out anyone who was ritually unclean.
Lexham English Bible
And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of Yahweh so that no person unclean with respect to any matter could enter.
Literal Translation
And he stationed the keepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah; and the unclean could not in any way go in.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye porters set he at ye gates of ye house of ye LORDE, yt none shulde entre, which were defiled wt eny maner of thinge.
American Standard Version
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.
Bible in Basic English
And he put door-keepers at the doors of the Lord's house, to see that no one who was unclean in any way might come in.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he set porters by the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was vncleane in any thing shoulde enter in.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none that was unclean in any thing should enter in.
King James Version (1611)
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was vncleane in any thing, should enter in.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the porters stood at the gates of the house of the Lord, that no one unclean in any respect should enter in.
English Revised Version
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also he ordeynede porteris in the yatis of the hows of the Lord, that an vnclene man in ony thing schulde not entre in to it.
Update Bible Version
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Yahweh, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none [who was] unclean in any thing should enter.
New Living Translation
He also stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the Lord 's Temple to keep out those who for any reason were ceremonially unclean.
New Life Bible
And Jehoiada put the gate-keepers in their places of the Lord's house. This was so no one would go in who was in any way unclean.
New Revised Standard
He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he caused gatekeepers to stand, at the gates of the house of Yahweh, - that no one who was unclean should, on any account, enter.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He appointed also porters in the gates of the house of the Lord, that none who was unclean in any thing should enter in.
Revised Standard Version
He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean.
Young's Literal Translation
and he stationeth the gatekeepers over the gates of the house of Jehovah, and the unclean in anything doth not go in.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He stationed the gatekeepers of the house of the LORD, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean.

Contextual Overview

12 2 Kings 11:13-20">[xr] Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people in the temple of the LORD. 13 When she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance; and the leaders and the trumpeters were by the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, also the singers with musical instruments, and those who led in praise. So Athaliah tore her clothes and said, "Treason! Treason!" 14 And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, "Take her outside under guard, and slay with the sword whoever follows her." For the priest had said, "Do not kill her in the house of the LORD." 15 So they seized her; and she went by way of the entrance of the Horse Gate into the king's house, and they killed her there. 16 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD's people. 17 And all the people went to the temple [fn] of Baal, and tore it down. They broke in pieces its altars and images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18 Also Jehoiada appointed the oversight of the house of the LORD to the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had assigned in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was established by David. 19 And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that no one who was in any way unclean should enter. 20 Then he took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the LORD; and they went through the Upper Gate to the king's house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom. 21 So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet, for they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

porters: 1 Chronicles 9:23, 1 Chronicles 9:24, 1 Chronicles 26:1-32

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 11:19 - by the way

Cross-References

Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return."
Genesis 23:9
that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he has, which is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me at the full price, as property for a burial place among you."
Genesis 23:10
Now Ephron dwelt among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the presence of the sons of Heth, all who entered at the gate of his city, saying,
Genesis 47:30
but let me lie with my fathers; you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." And he said, "I will do as you have said."
Genesis 50:13
For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place.
Genesis 50:25
Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here."
Job 30:23
For I know that You will bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or indeed he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he--
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also they are afraid of height, And of terrors in the way; When the almond tree blossoms, The grasshopper is a burden, And desire fails. For man goes to his eternal home, And the mourners go about the streets.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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