2 Chronicles 23:16-19

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¹⁶Jehoiada then made a covenant^(A) that he, the people and the king^[a] would be the Lord’s people. ¹⁷All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed^(B) Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

¹⁸Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the Lord in the hands of the Levitical priests,^(C) to whom David had made assignments in the temple,^(D) to present the burnt offerings of the Lord as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered. ¹⁹He also stationed gatekeepers^(E) at the gates of the Lord’s temple so that no one who was in any way unclean might enter.

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2 Chronicles 23:16 Or covenant between the Lord and the people and the king that they (see 2 Kings 11:17)

2 Chronicles 23:16-19

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Jehoiada’s Reforms^(A)

¹⁶After this, Jehoiada drew up a covenant between himself as an individual with all the people, and between himself as king, that they would be the Lord’s people. ¹⁷Then all the people went to the temple of Baal, broke its altars and idols to pieces, and executed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars. ¹⁸Jehoiada also placed the offices of the Lord’s Temple under the authority of the Levitical priests whom David had assigned over the Lord’s Temple, just as is required by the Law of Moses, to offer the Lord’s burnt offerings with joy and singing, just as David had ordered. ¹⁹Jehoiada^[a] also stationed inspectors^[b] at the Lord’s Temple so that no one would enter who was ritually unclean in any manner.