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2 Chronicles 23:19

17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed 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 ordained by David.

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.

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.

21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

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BSB
He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.
KJV
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.
WEB
He set the gatekeepers at the gates of the LORD’s house, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
ASV
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.
DARBY
And he set the doorkeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that no one unclean in anything should enter in.
BLB
And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of YHWH, so that no one being unclean in any way should enter.
ÅB
Og han satte dørvoktere ved portene til Herrens hus, for at ingen som var blitt uren på noen måte, skulle komme inn der.
OTB
Han plasserte portvoktere ved portene til Herrens hus, slik at ingen skulle komme inn som på noen måte var uren.
B1930
Og han satte dørvoktere ved portene til Herrens hus, forat ingen som var blitt uren på nogen måte, skulde komme inn der.

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 9:22–24

    All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

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  • 1 Chronicles 26:1–32

    Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

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