2 Chronicles 23:19 “He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so tha…”

2 Chronicles 23:19

He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that no one who was in any way unclean could enter.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

He set the gatekeepers at the gates of the LORD’s house, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he set porters by the gates of ye house of the Lord, that none that was vncleane in any thing, should enter in.

Darby Translation

And he set the doorkeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that no one unclean in anything should enter in.

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.

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.

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Cross references

“porters”

1 Chronicles 26:1–32 1 Chronicles 9:23 1 Chronicles 9:24

1 Chronicles 26:1–32 · BSB

These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

1 Chronicles 9:23 · BSB

So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.

1 Chronicles 9:24 · BSB

The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

Also

1 Chronicles 9:22–24

1 Chronicles 9:22–24 · BSB

The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.

20And he took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,

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