Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Chronicles 23:19
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He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that no one who was in any way unclean could enter.
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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.
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He set the gatekeepers at the gates of the LORD’s house, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
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And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.
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2 Chronicles 23
17 So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
18 Moreover, 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.
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.
20 And 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,
21 and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword.
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