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Second Book of Chronicles, Chapter 23

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2 Chronicles 23 NWT - New World Translation2 Chronicles 23 NWT - New World Translation

Chapter 23 of 2 Chronicles—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And in the seventh year Je·hoiʹa·da1 showed himself courageous and proceeded to take the chiefs of hundreds,2 namely, Az·a·riʹah the son of Je·roʹham, and Ishʹma·el the son of Je·ho·haʹnan and Az·a·riʹah the son of Oʹbed and Ma·a·seiʹah the son of A·daiʹah and E·li·shaʹphat the son of Zichʹri, with him into the covenant.
  2. Afterward they went around throughout Judah and collected together the Levites3 from all the cities of Judah and the heads4 of the paternal5 houses of Israel. So they came to Jerusalem.
  3. Then all the congregation concluded a covenant6 with the king in the house7 of the [true] God, after which he said to them:
    ¶ “Look! The son8 of the king himself will reign,9 just as Jehovah promised concerning the sons of David.10
  4. This is the thing that YOU will do: one third of YOU who are coming in on the sabbath,11 of the priests12 and of the Levites,13 will be for doorkeepers;14
  5. and one third will be at the house of the king;15 and one third will be at the Gate of the Foundation;16 and all the people will be in the courtyards17 of the house of Jehovah.
  6. And do not let anyone enter the house of Jehovah18 but the priests and those of the Levites ministering.19 These are the ones that will enter, because they are a holy group,20 and all the people themselves will keep the obligation to Jehovah.
  7. And the Levites must encircle the king all around,21 each one with his weapons in his hands; and as for anyone coming into the house, he should be put to death. And continue with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.”
  8. ¶ And the Levites and all Judah proceeded to do according to all that Je·hoiʹa·da22 the priest had commanded.23 So they took each one his men that were coming in on the sabbath together with those going out on the sabbath,24 for Je·hoiʹa·da the priest had not set the divisions25 free from duty.
  9. Further, Je·hoiʹa·da the priest gave the chiefs of hundreds26 the spears and the shields and the circular shields27 that had belonged to King David,28 which were in the house of the [true] God.29
  10. And he went on to station all the people,30 even each one with his missile in his hand, from the right side of the house clear to the left side of the house, by the altar and by the house, all around near the king.
  11. Then they brought the king’s son out31 and put upon him the diadem32 and the Testimony33 and made him king, and so Je·hoiʹa·da and his sons anointed34 him and said: “Let the king live!”35
  12. ¶ When Ath·a·liʹah heard the sound of the people running and praising the king,36 she at once came to the people at the house of Jehovah.
  13. Then she saw, and there was the king standing by his pillar[a]37 at the entry, and the princes38 and the trumpets39 by the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing40 and blowing41 the trumpets, and the singers42 with the instruments of song and those giving the signal for offering praise. Immediately Ath·a·liʹah ripped her garments apart and said: “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”43
  14. But Je·hoiʹa·da the priest brought out the chiefs of hundreds, the appointed ones of the military force, and said to them: “Take her out from inside the rows;44 and as for anyone coming after her, he should be put to death with the sword!” For the priest had said: “YOU must not put her to death at the house of Jehovah.”
  15. So they laid their hands upon her. When she came to the entry of the horse gate of the king’s house, they at once put her to death there.45
  16. ¶ Then Je·hoiʹa·da concluded a covenant between himself[b] and all the people and the king that they would continue as the people46 of Jehovah.
  17. After that all the people came to the house of Baʹal and pulled it down;47 and his altars48 and his images they broke up,49 and Matʹtan50 the priest of Baʹal they killed51 before the altars.
  18. Further, Je·hoiʹa·da put the offices of the house of Jehovah in the hand of the priests [and] the Levites,[c] whom David52 had put in divisions over the house of Jehovah to offer up the burnt sacrifices of Jehovah according to what is written in the law of Moses,53 with rejoicing and with song by the hands of David.
  19. So he stationed the gatekeepers54 by the gates55 of the house of Jehovah that no one unclean in any respect might enter.
  20. He now took the chiefs of hundreds56 and the lordly ones and the rulers over the people and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the house of Jehovah.57 Then they came right through the upper gate to the king’s house and seated the king upon the throne58 of the kingdom.
  21. And all the people of the land continued to rejoice;59 and the city itself had no disturbance, and Ath·a·liʹah they had put to death with the sword.60

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Possibly, “his standing place.”
  2. ^ “Jehovah” in 2Ki 11:17.
  3. ^ “The priests and the Levites,” LXXSyVg and some Heb. mss; M, “the priests, the Levites.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 11:4
  2. ^ Ex 18:25
  3. ^ De 33:8; 2Ch 8:14
  4. ^ 1Ch 15:12
  5. ^ 1Ch 23:11
  6. ^ 2Sa 5:3; 2Ki 11:17
  7. ^ 1Ki 7:51
  8. ^ 2Ki 11:4
  9. ^ 2Ki 11:12
  10. ^ 2Sa 7:12; 1Ki 2:4; 9:5; 2Ch 6:16; 7:18; 21:7; Ps 89:29
  11. ^ 1Ch 9:25; Lu 1:8
  12. ^ 1Ch 24:3
  13. ^ 1Ch 23:3
  14. ^ 1Ch 26:1
  15. ^ 1Ki 7:1
  16. ^ 2Ki 11:6
  17. ^ 1Ki 7:12
  18. ^ 2Ki 11:7
  19. ^ 1Ch 23:28
  20. ^ 1Ch 23:32
  21. ^ 2Ki 11:8
  22. ^ 2Ki 11:4; 2Ch 23:1
  23. ^ Ec 9:17
  24. ^ 2Ki 11:9
  25. ^ 1Ch 24:1; 25:1; 26:1
  26. ^ 2Ki 11:4; 1Ch 26:26
  27. ^ 2Ki 11:10
  28. ^ 2Sa 8:7
  29. ^ 1Ch 26:27; 2Ch 5:1
  30. ^ 2Ki 11:11
  31. ^ 2Ki 11:2
  32. ^ 2Sa 1:10; 12:30
  33. ^ De 17:18
  34. ^ 1Sa 10:1
  35. ^ 1Sa 10:24
  36. ^ 2Ki 11:13
  37. ^ 1Ki 7:15; 2Ki 23:3
  38. ^ 2Ch 23:1
  39. ^ Nu 10:10; 1Ch 15:24
  40. ^ 1Ki 1:40; Pr 11:10
  41. ^ 1Ki 1:39; 2Ki 9:13
  42. ^ 1Ch 25:7
  43. ^ 2Ki 11:14
  44. ^ 2Ki 11:15
  45. ^ 2Ki 11:16
  46. ^ 2Ki 11:17; 2Ch 34:31
  47. ^ 2Ki 10:27
  48. ^ De 12:3; 2Ch 34:4, 7
  49. ^ Ex 32:20
  50. ^ 2Ki 11:18
  51. ^ De 13:5, 9; 1Ki 18:40
  52. ^ 1Ch 23:6, 30
  53. ^ Ex 29:38; Nu 28:2
  54. ^ 1Ch 26:1, 13
  55. ^ 1Ch 9:26
  56. ^ 2Ki 11:9
  57. ^ 2Ki 11:19
  58. ^ 1Ki 1:13; 7:7
  59. ^ Pr 11:10; 29:2
  60. ^ 2Ki 11:20

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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