2 Chronicles 23:20

2Ch 23:20 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 the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

Ver. 20. And brought down the king.] See 2Ki 11:19.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Which was the principal gate, that the King might be seen of all the people.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

(20) And he took.—See 2Ki_11:19.

The nobles, and the governors of the people.—Kings has: “And the Carians and the Couriers.” (See Note on 2Ch_23:1.)

The nobles.—Comp. Psa_16:3.

Governors of the people.—Comp. Isa_28:14. These “nobles and governors” are perhaps “the heads of the clans” of 2Ch_23:2, and “the princes of 2Ch_23:13; though the phrase certainly looks like an attempt at explaining the obscure titles of the royal guard.

And they came through the high gate.—Kings, “And they came by the way of the Couriers’ Gate.” (See Note on 2Ch_23:5, supra.) The Couriers’ Gate may have been called the High Gate, as being the grand entrance to the palace. A gate of the Temple has the same designation in 2Ch_27:3.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

20. the nobles] Heb. addîrîm; cp. Neh_3:5 (with Ryle’s note). In 2 Kin., “the Carites”; cp. 2Ch_23:1 (note).

the high gate] R.V. the upper gate; cp. 2Ch_27:3, “the high (‘upper,’ R.V.) gate of the house of the Lord.” In 2 Kin., “by the way of the gate of the guard” (doubtless one of the gates of the palace). The Chronicler writing at a time when the palace had ceased to exist, prefers to fix localities by reference to the Temple.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The high gate - See 2Ki 11:19 note.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Upper gate of the guards, at the back or western end of the temple, C. v. 5.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Through the high gate, to wit, of the court belonging and leading to the king’s palace.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The high gate. There is some doubt as to what this gate was, whether the temple gate of 2Ch_27:3, the chief gate of the outer court, or whether it was merely a palace gate, and not identified also with the precincts of the temple. It is called in the parallel "the gate of the guard."

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

the commanders of hundreds

The phrase "commander of hundreds" is probably an official title for a military officer. Possible meanings are 1) the word "hundreds" represents the exact amount of soldiers that these commanders led. AT: "the commanders of 100 soldiers" or 2) the word translated as "hundreds" does not represent an exact number, but is the name of a military division. AT: "the commanders of military divisions" See how you translated this in 2 Chronicles 23:1. (See: Numbers)

all the people of the land

This is a generalization that means he took very many people with him. AT: "a very large group of the people of Israel" (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)

He brought down the king from the house of Yahweh

The temple was built on the highest hill in Jerusalem. AT: "He brought the king down from the temple to the palace"

the throne of the kingdom

"the royal throne"

So all the people of the land

This is generalization to say that most of the people rejoiced. (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)

the city was quiet

Here "the city" represents the people of the city, and "quiet" represents peace, since no one opposed Joash after Athaliah died. AT: "the people of the city were at peace" (See: Metonymy)

translationWords

commander

noble

govern

kingdom

Athaliah

sword

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