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2Ch 23:1	Strong Concordance	And in the seventh [07637] year [08141] Jehoiada [03077] strengthened [02388] himself, and took [03947] the captains [08269] of hundreds [03967], Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Jeroham [03395], and Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Jehohanan [03076], and Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Obed [05744], and Maaseiah [04641] the son [01121] of Adaiah [05718], and Elishaphat [0478] the son [01121] of Zichri [02147], into covenant [01285] with him.
	King James	And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
JEHOIADA MAKES JOASH KING. (Ch2 23:1-11) in the seventh year Jehoiada . . . took the captains of hundreds, &c.--(See on Kg2 11:4; Kg2 11:17). The five officers mentioned here had been probably of the royal guard, and were known to be strongly disaffected to the government of Athaliah.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

JEHOIADA MAKES JOASH KING. (Ch2 23:1-11)

in the seventh year Jehoiada . . . took the captains of hundreds, &c.--(See on Kg2 11:4; Kg2 11:17). The five officers mentioned here had been probably of the royal guard, and were known to be strongly disaffected to the government of Athaliah.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The five names do not occur in Kings; only, and incidentally, the five divisions of the royal guard (Kg2 11:5 note).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Joash raised to the throne, and Athaliah slain. - In 2 Kings 11:4-20 we have another account of these events, in which the matter is in several points more briefly narrated, and apparently differently represented. According to both narratives, the thing was undertaken and carried out by the high priest Jehoiada; but according to 2 Kings 11, the high priest would appear to have mainly availed himself of the co-operation of the royal body-guard in the execution of his plan, while according to the Chronicle it is the Levites and the heads of the fathers'-houses who are made use of. Thereupon De Wette, Movers, Thenius, and Bertheau consequently maintain that the author of the Chronicle, proceeding on the view that the high priest, the chief of so many priests and Levites, would not have recourse to the assistance of the royal body-guard, has altered the statements in the second book of Kings accordingly, and wishes to represent the matter in a different way. But this assertion can be made with an appearance of truth only on the presupposition, already repeatedly shown to be erroneous, that the author of the Chronicle has made the account in 2 Kings 11 the basis of his narrative, and designedly altered it, and can scarcely be upheld even by the incorrect interpretation of various words. That 2 Kings 11 is not the source from which our account has been derived, nor the basis on which it is founded, is manifest from the very first verses of the chronicler's narrative, where the names of the five princes over hundreds, with whose co-operation Jehoiada elaborated his plan and carried it into execution, are individually enumerated; while in 2 Kings 11, where the preparations for the accomplishment of the work are very briefly treated of, they will be sought for in vain. But if, on the contrary, the two accounts be recognised to be extracts confining themselves to the main points, excerpted from a more detailed narrative of the event from different points of view, the discrepancies may be at once reconciled. Instead of the short statement, Kg2 11:4, that the high priest Jehoiada ordered the centurions of the royal body-guard to come to him in the temple (ויּבא...יקּח), made a covenant with them, caused them to swear, and showed them the king's son, we read in the Chronicle (Ch2 23:1-3), that the high priest Jehoiada took five centurions, whose names are stated with historical exactitude, into covenant with him, i.e., sent for them and made a covenant with them, and that these men then went throughout Judah, and summoned the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers'-houses of Israel, to Jerusalem; whereupon Jehoiada with the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God, and Jehoiada said to the people, "The king's son shall be king, as Jahve hath said of the sons of David." That this more expanded narrative can without difficulty be reconciled with the summary statement in Kg2 11:4, is perfectly manifest. By various devices, however, Berth. tries to bring out some discrepancies. In the first place, in the words, "Jehoiada sent and brought the princes of hundreds" (Kg2 11:4), he presses the שׁלח, which is not found in the Chronicle, translates it by "he sent out," and interprets it with Ch2 23:2 of the Chronicle; in the second, he takes כּל־הקּהל in Ch2 23:3 of the Chronicle to mean "the whole congregation," whereas it denotes only the assembly of the men named in Ch2 23:1 and Ch2 23:2; and, thirdly, he opposes the expression, "they made a covenant with the king" (Ch2 23:3, Chron.), to the statement (Kg2 11:2) that Jehoiada made a covenant to the princes, by making this latter statement mean that Jehoiada made a covenant with the princes, but not with the king, as if this covenant concerning the coronation of Joash as king might not be called, by a shorter mode of expression, a covenant with the king, especially when the declaration, "the son of the king shall reign," follows immediately.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Joash raised to the throne, and Athaliah slain. - In 2 Kings 11:4-20 we have another account of these events, in which the matter is in several points more briefly narrated, and apparently differently represented. According to both narratives, the thing was undertaken and carried out by the high priest Jehoiada; but according to 2 Kings 11, the high priest would appear to have mainly availed himself of the co-operation of the royal body-guard in the execution of his plan, while according to the Chronicle it is the Levites and the heads of the fathers'-houses who are made use of. Thereupon De Wette, Movers, Thenius, and Bertheau consequently maintain that the author of the Chronicle, proceeding on the view that the high priest, the chief of so many priests and Levites, would not have recourse to the assistance of the royal body-guard, has altered the statements in the second book of Kings accordingly, and wishes to represent the matter in a different way. But this assertion can be made with an appearance of truth only on the presupposition, already repeatedly shown to be erroneous, that the author of the Chronicle has made the account in 2 Kings 11 the basis of his narrative, and designedly altered it, and can scarcely be upheld even by the incorrect interpretation of various words. That 2 Kings 11 is not the source from which our account has been derived, nor the basis on which it is founded, is manifest from the very first verses of the chronicler's narrative, where the names of the five princes over hundreds, with whose co-operation Jehoiada elaborated his plan and carried it into execution, are individually enumerated; while in 2 Kings 11, where the preparations for the accomplishment of the work are very briefly treated of, they will be sought for in vain. But if, on the contrary, the two accounts be recognised to be extracts confining themselves to the main points, excerpted from a more detailed narrative of the event from different points of view, the discrepancies may be at once reconciled. Instead of the short statement, Kg2 11:4, that the high priest Jehoiada ordered the centurions of the royal body-guard to come to him in the temple (ויּבא...יקּח), made a covenant with them, caused them to swear, and showed them the king's son, we read in the Chronicle (Ch2 23:1-3), that the high priest Jehoiada took five centurions, whose names are stated with historical exactitude, into covenant with him, i.e., sent for them and made a covenant with them, and that these men then went throughout Judah, and summoned the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers'-houses of Israel, to Jerusalem; whereupon Jehoiada with the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God, and Jehoiada said to the people, "The king's son shall be king, as Jahve hath said of the sons of David." That this more expanded narrative can without difficulty be reconciled with the summary statement in Kg2 11:4, is perfectly manifest. By various devices, however, Berth. tries to bring out some discrepancies. In the first place, in the words, "Jehoiada sent and brought the princes of hundreds" (Kg2 11:4), he presses the שׁלח, which is not found in the Chronicle, translates it by "he sent out," and interprets it with Ch2 23:2 of the Chronicle; in the second, he takes כּל־הקּהל in Ch2 23:3 of the Chronicle to mean "the whole congregation," whereas it denotes only the assembly of the men named in Ch2 23:1 and Ch2 23:2; and, thirdly, he opposes the expression, "they made a covenant with the king" (Ch2 23:3, Chron.), to the statement (Kg2 11:2) that Jehoiada made a covenant to the princes, by making this latter statement mean that Jehoiada made a covenant with the princes, but not with the king, as if this covenant concerning the coronation of Joash as king might not be called, by a shorter mode of expression, a covenant with the king, especially when the declaration, "the son of the king shall reign," follows immediately.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
And in the seventh year - See on Kg2 11:4 (note), etc.

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¹⁷ And Jehoiada [03077] made [03772] a covenant [01285] between the LORD [03068] and the king [04428] and the people [05971], that they should be the LORD'S [03068] people [05971]; between the king [04428] also and the people [05971].

⁴ And the seventh [07637] year [08141] Jehoiada [03077] sent [07971] and fetched [03947] the rulers [08269] over hundreds [03967], with the captains [03746] and the guard [07323], and brought [0935] them to him into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and made [03772] a covenant [01285] with them, and took an oath [07650] of them in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and shewed [07200] them the king's [04428] son [01121].

¹ And in the seventh [07637] year [08141] Jehoiada [03077] strengthened [02388] himself, and took [03947] the captains [08269] of hundreds [03967], Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Jeroham [03395], and Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Jehohanan [03076], and Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Obed [05744], and Maaseiah [04641] the son [01121] of Adaiah [05718], and Elishaphat [0478] the son [01121] of Zichri [02147], into covenant [01285] with him.
² And they went about [05437] in Judah [03063], and gathered [06908] the Levites [03881] out of all the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] of Israel [03478], and they came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389].
³ And all the congregation [06951] made [03772] a covenant [01285] with the king [04428] in the house [01004] of God [0430]. And he said [0559] unto them, Behold, the king's [04428] son [01121] shall reign [04427], as the LORD [03068] hath said [01696] of the sons [01121] of David [01732].
⁴ This is the thing [01697] that ye shall do [06213]; A third part [07992] of you entering [0935] on the sabbath [07676], of the priests [03548] and of the Levites [03881], shall be porters [07778] of the doors [05592];
⁵ And a third part [07992] shall be at the king's [04428] house [01004]; and a third part [07992] at the gate [08179] of the foundation [03247]: and all the people [05971] shall be in the courts [02691] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
⁶ But let none come [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], save the priests [03548], and they that minister [08334] of the Levites [03881]; they shall go in [0935], for they are holy [06944]: but all the people [05971] shall keep [08104] the watch [04931] of the LORD [03068].
⁷ And the Levites [03881] shall compass [05362] the king [04428] round about [05439], every man [0376] with his weapons [03627] in his hand [03027]; and whosoever else cometh [0935] into the house [01004], he shall be put to death [04191]: but be ye with the king [04428] when he cometh in [0935], and when he goeth out [03318].
⁸ So the Levites [03881] and all Judah [03063] did [06213] according to all things that Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548] had commanded [06680], and took [03947] every man [0376] his men [0582] that were to come in [0935] on the sabbath [07676], with them that were to go [03318] out on the sabbath [07676]: for Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548] dismissed [06358] not the courses [04256].
⁹ Moreover Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548] delivered [05414] to the captains [08269] of hundreds [03967] spears [02595], and bucklers [04043], and shields [07982], that had been king [04428] David's [01732], which were in the house [01004] of God [0430].
¹⁰ And he set [05975] all the people [05971], every man [0376] having his weapon [07973] in his hand [03027], from the right [03233] side [03802] of the temple [01004] to the left [08042] side [03802] of the temple [01004], along by the altar [04196] and the temple [01004], by the king [04428] round about [05439].
¹¹ Then they brought out [03318] the king's [04428] son [01121], and put [05414] upon him the crown [05145], and gave him the testimony [05715], and made him king [04427]. And Jehoiada [03077] and his sons [01121] anointed [04886] him, and said [0559], God save [02421] the king [04428].

⁵ And he commanded [06680] them, saying [0559], This is the thing [01697] that ye shall do [06213]; A third part [07992] of you that enter in [0935] on the sabbath [07676] shall even be keepers [08104] of the watch [04931] of the king's [04428] house [01004];

² But Jehosheba [03089], the daughter [01323] of king [04428] Joram [03141], sister [0269] of Ahaziah [0274], took [03947] Joash [03101] the son [01121] of Ahaziah [0274], and stole [01589] him from among [08432] the king's [04428] sons [01121] which were slain [04191]; and they hid [05641] him, even him and his nurse [03243], in the bedchamber [02315] [04296] from [06440] Athaliah [06271], so that he was not slain [04191].

³ And all the congregation [06951] made [03772] a covenant [01285] with the king [04428] in the house [01004] of God [0430]. And he said [0559] unto them, Behold, the king's [04428] son [01121] shall reign [04427], as the LORD [03068] hath said [01696] of the sons [01121] of David [01732].

² And they went about [05437] in Judah [03063], and gathered [06908] the Levites [03881] out of all the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] of Israel [03478], and they came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389].