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2 Chronicles 23:2 So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,
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When they came to Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />These men traveled secretly throughout Judah and summoned the Levites and clan leaders in all the towns to come to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And they went about through Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the chief fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers’ <i>households</i> of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers’ <i>households</i> of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And they went around Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers’ <i>households</i> of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the <i>households of the</i> fathers (ancestors) in Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They made a circuit throughout Judah. They gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the family heads of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They made a circuit throughout Judah. They gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />These five men went to the towns in Judah and called together the Levites and the clan leaders. They all came to Jerusalem <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They went around Judah, gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the leaders of the families of Israel, and came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They traveled to all the cities of Judah and brought back with them to Jerusalem the Levites and all the heads of the clans. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They traveled throughout Judah and gathered together the descendants of Levi from all the cities of Judah, along with the Israeli family leaders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They traveled throughout Judah and assembled the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the Israelite family leaders. They came to Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of ancestral houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They went around in Judah and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers’ households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they go around in Judah, and gather the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and heads of the fathers of Israel, and come to Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they go round about in Judah, and gather the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and heads of the fathers of Israel, and come in unto Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will go about in Judah and gather the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers to Israel, and they will come to Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they went about Juda, and gathered together the Levites out of all the cities of Juda, and the chiefs of the families of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And traveling through Judah, they gathered together the Levites from all of the cities of Judah, and the leaders of the families of Israel, and they went to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They journeyed about Judah, gathering the Levites from all the cities of Judah and also the heads of the Israelite families, and they came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They went around through Judah and gathered the Levites from all the towns of Judah, and the heads of families of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they went about in Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the chiefs of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And these all entered into oaths that they would go around in Yehuda and they gathered the Levites from all the cities of Yehuda and the Chiefs of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they went round about Juda, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Juda, and heads of the families of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=5515" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/23.htm">Joash Anointed King in Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5437.htm" title="5437: way·yā·sōb·bū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively.">So they went throughout</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: bî·hū·ḏāh (Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: way·yiq·bə·ṣū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">and gathered</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: hal·wî·yim (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">the Levites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kāl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">from all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rê (N-fpc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: wə·rā·šê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">and the heads</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ (Art:: N-mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of the families</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: lə·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">And when they came</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">Jerusalem,</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. “Behold, the king’s son!” said Jehoiada. “He must reign, just as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/11-4.htm">2 Kings 11:4-12</a></span><br />Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son / and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace, / a third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple— ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-10.htm">2 Chronicles 22:10-12</a></span><br />When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah. / But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him. / And Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/1-38.htm">1 Kings 1:38-40</a></span><br />Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon. / Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!” / All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-3.htm">2 Samuel 5:3</a></span><br />So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">1 Chronicles 11:1-3</a></span><br />Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. / Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’” / So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/2-4.htm">2 Samuel 2:4</a></span><br />Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/19-11.htm">2 Samuel 19:11-14</a></span><br />Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters? / You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’ / And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-15.htm">1 Kings 2:15</a></span><br />“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm">1 Kings 12:20</a></span><br />When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-9.htm">2 Chronicles 15:9</a></span><br />And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-1.htm">2 Chronicles 30:1</a></span><br />Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-11.htm">2 Chronicles 30:11</a></span><br />Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-25.htm">2 Chronicles 30:25</a></span><br />Then the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced along with the priests and Levites and the whole assembly that had come from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-8.htm">Matthew 21:8-9</a></span><br />A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. / The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/11-8.htm">Mark 11:8-10</a></span><br />Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields. / The ones who went ahead and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” / “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest!”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">went about</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/112-5.htm">Psalm 112:5</a></b></br> A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/10-16.htm">Matthew 10:16</a></b></br> Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/5-15.htm">Ephesians 5:15</a></b></br> See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/11-13.htm">2 Chronicles 11:13-17</a></b></br> And the priests and the Levites that <i>were</i> in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/15-12.htm">1 Chronicles 15:12</a></b></br> And said unto them, Ye <i>are</i> the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, <i>both</i> ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto <i>the place that</i> I have prepared for it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/24-6.htm">1 Chronicles 24:6</a></b></br> And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, <i>one</i> of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and <i>before</i> the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and <i>one</i> taken for Ithamar.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to 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</span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-12.htm">Athaliah is slain</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-16.htm">Jehoiada restores the worship of God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- 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</a></tr></table></div><b>So they went throughout Judah</b><br>This phrase indicates a deliberate and organized effort to mobilize support across the region of Judah. Judah, the southern kingdom, was distinct from the northern kingdom of Israel after the division following Solomon's reign. The action of going throughout Judah suggests a comprehensive and strategic plan to ensure widespread participation and support for the cause at hand, which was the restoration of rightful leadership in the kingdom.<p><b>and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah</b><br>The Levites were a tribe set apart for religious duties and temple service, as established in the Mosaic Law. Their involvement was crucial for any religious or political movement, as they held significant influence and authority in spiritual matters. Gathering Levites from all cities underscores the importance of religious legitimacy and unity in the endeavor. This action also reflects the historical role of the Levites as leaders and teachers of the Law, emphasizing the need for a return to covenantal faithfulness.<p><b>and the heads of the families of Israel</b><br>Involving the heads of families highlights the importance of leadership and representation in the community. These leaders were responsible for their clans and held authority in decision-making processes. Their inclusion signifies a collective agreement and support from the broader community, ensuring that the actions taken were not just a top-down directive but had grassroots backing. This reflects the biblical principle of communal responsibility and the importance of family leadership in Israelite society.<p><b>And when they came to Jerusalem</b><br>Jerusalem, the political and spiritual center of Judah, was the logical destination for this assembly. As the location of the temple, it held immense religious significance. The gathering in Jerusalem symbolizes a return to the heart of worship and governance, aligning with God's covenantal promises centered on this city. This movement towards Jerusalem can be seen as a type of Christ, who also centered His ministry and ultimate sacrifice in Jerusalem, fulfilling the prophecies and promises of God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jehoiada_the_priest.htm">Jehoiada the Priest</a></b><br>A key figure in the restoration of the Davidic line, Jehoiada orchestrated the overthrow of Queen Athaliah and the crowning of Joash as king.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a></b><br>Members of the tribe of Levi, set apart for religious duties. They played a crucial role in the covenant renewal and the protection of the young king.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/heads_of_the_families_of_israel.htm">Heads of the Families of Israel</a></b><br>Leaders of the various tribes and clans, they were instrumental in rallying support for Jehoiada's plan.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, where Jerusalem is located. It was the primary setting for the events of this chapter.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah and the spiritual center of Israel, where the temple was located and where the events of this chapter culminate.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_leadership.htm">The Importance of Godly Leadership</a></b><br>Jehoiada's leadership was pivotal in restoring the rightful king and re-establishing worship in Judah. Godly leaders can guide people back to righteousness and truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_purpose.htm">Unity in Purpose</a></b><br>The gathering of the Levites and the heads of families demonstrates the power of unity in achieving God's purposes. When God's people come together with a common goal, significant change can occur.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god's_covenant.htm">Faithfulness to God's Covenant</a></b><br>The actions of Jehoiada and the Levites underscore the importance of remaining faithful to God's covenant, even in times of national apostasy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_the_face_of_opposition.htm">Courage in the Face of Opposition</a></b><br>The boldness of Jehoiada and his supporters in confronting Athaliah's regime serves as an example of standing firm in faith despite potential dangers.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_2_chron._23_1-7_and_2_kings_11_differ.htm">Why do the details in 2 Chronicles 23:1–7 differ from the parallel account in 2 Kings 11, suggesting possible biblical inconsistencies? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_outside_the_bible_for_ark_move.htm">2 Chronicles 5:2-3 - Is there any concrete evidence outside the Bible that supports the large-scale gathering of Israelites in Jerusalem for the ark's relocation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_claim_levite_migration_to_judah.htm">Why does 2 Chronicles 11:13-17 claim a Levite migration to Judah when there is minimal historical or archaeological support for such a major priestly exodus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_records_of_hezekiah's_decree.htm">In 2 Chronicles 31:4, why is there no historical or extra-biblical record supporting Hezekiah's decree that provided consistent resources to priests and Levites?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">And they went about in Judah.</span>--<a href="/2_chronicles/17-9.htm" title="And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.">2Chronicles 17:9</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/7-16.htm" title="And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.">1Samuel 7:16</a>.<p><span class= "bld">The chief of the fathers.</span>--<span class= "ital">The heads of the</span> <span class= "ital">clans,</span> or <span class= "ital">chiefs of houses.</span><p>This and the next verse are added by the chronicler. In Kings the narrative passes at once to the charge of <a href="/2_chronicles/23-4.htm" title="This is the thing that you shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;">2Chronicles 23:4</a> : "This is the thing that ye shall do," which is there addressed to the "captains of the hundreds," or centurions of the royal guard. In fact, the parallel text is nearly if not altogether silent as to the part played by <span class= "ital">the Levites</span> in the Restoration; and the chronicler appears to have supplemented that account with materials derived from other authorities, and perhaps from Levitical traditions. That he should have done so, is only consistent with his general practice and the special purpose of his history. At the same time, allowing for certain characteristic additions, interpretations, and substitutions of phrase for phrase, which will be specified in these Notes, the narrative of the chronicler absolutely coincides with that of Kings, treating of the same events, and rigidly observing the same limits, as well as maintaining a general identity of language. We conclude, therefore, that in this case, as elsewhere, the chronicler has used as the groundwork of his relation a historical text which contained sections substantially identical with the present narratives of Kings, but accompanied by numerous details not found in those books.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - No mention is made in the parallel of the <span class="cmt_word">Levites</span>, whom our writer is sure to signalize. The <span class="cmt_word">fathers of Israel</span>. The sacredness of the phrase made it dear, above the narrowness of the distinctive appellation <span class="accented">Judah</span>, though the worthies all were gathered, as just;implied, out of "Judah." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So they went throughout</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·sōb·bū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5437.htm">Strong's 5437: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn about, go around, surround</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(bî·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and gathered</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְבְּצ֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·bə·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather, collect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Levites</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלְוִיִּם֙</span> <span class="translit">(hal·wî·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> </span><span class="str2">Levites -- descendant of Levi</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from all</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(mik·kāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the cities</span><br /><span class="heb">עָרֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the heads</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָאשֵׁ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·šê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the families</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָב֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(lə·yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And when they came</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jerusalem,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">2 Chronicles 23:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">2 Chronicles 23:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">2 Chronicles 23:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">2 Chronicles 23:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">2 Chronicles 23:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">2 Chronicles 23:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">2 Chronicles 23:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">2 Chronicles 23:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">2 Chronicles 23:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">2 Chronicles 23:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 23:2 They went about in Judah and gathered (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 23:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 23:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 23:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 23:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>