Paul Kretzmann Commentary - 2 Chronicles 23:16 - 23:21

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - 2 Chronicles 23:16 - 23:21


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The Right Worship Restored

v. 16. And Jehoiada,
who represented Jehovah at this assembly, 2Ki_11:17, made a covenant between him and between all the people and between the king, all of them joining in a solemn covenant of loyalty, that they should be the Lord's people.

v. 17. Then all the people went to the house of Baal,
a temple of idolatry erected under the direction of Athaliah somewhere in that neighborhood, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mat-tan, the priest of Baal, before the altars, thus putting an end to idolatry in Jerusalem.

v. 18. Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord,
all the various orders of assistants and ministers on duty in the Temple and its grounds, by the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord, assigning both their special tasks and the order of their serving by lot, 1 Chronicles 23-25, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses, Num_28:2, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David, for the orders of singers were especially designated.

v. 19. And he set the porters,
in special divisions guarding the various entrances, at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in anything should enter in, for the contact of Levitically unclean persons defiled the Sanctuary, Lev_5:2-3.

v. 20. And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people,
all those occupying positions of influence and authority in ruling the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lord. And they came through the high gate, probably the gate of the Temple which led to the royal palace, into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom, the great ivory throne of Solomon.

v. 21. And all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword,
any followers whom she might still have had in the city thought it best to hold their peace and not to attempt any hostile demonstration. Thus the Lord had put an end to the persecution of the tyrant and restored the true worship in Jerusalem. The usual result of persecution has ever been to cause the Church to be filled with new zeal for God and for His Word.