2 Chronicles 23:16-19
New English Translation
16 Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord.[a] 17 All the people went and demolished[b] the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols.[c] They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. 18 Jehoiada then assigned the duties of the Lord’s temple to the priests, the Levites whom David had assigned to the Lord’s temple. They were responsible for offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord with joy and music, according to[d] the law of Moses and the edict of David. 19 He posted guards at the gates of the Lord’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.
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- 2 Chronicles 23:16 tn Heb “and Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and [between] all the people and [between] the king, to become a people for the Lord.”
- 2 Chronicles 23:17 tn Or “tore down.”
- 2 Chronicles 23:17 tn Or “images.”
- 2 Chronicles 23:18 tn Heb “as it is written in.”
2 Chronicles 23:16-19
New Living Translation
Jehoiada’s Religious Reforms
16 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the Lord’s people. 17 And all the people went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They demolished the altars and smashed the idols, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
18 Jehoiada now put the priests and Levites in charge of the Temple of the Lord, following all the directions given by David. He also commanded them to present burnt offerings to the Lord, as prescribed by the Law of Moses, and to sing and rejoice as David had instructed. 19 He also stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the Lord’s Temple to keep out those who for any reason were ceremonially unclean.
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