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2 Chronicles 23:20

2 Chronicles 23:20
And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of 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 into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

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Matthew Henry

2 Chronicles 23:12-21

Here we have, I. The people pleased, Ch2 23:12, Ch2 23:13. When the king stood at his pillar, whose right it was to stand there, all the people of the land rejoiced to see a rod sprung out of the stem…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the nobles Heb. addîrîm; cp. Neh 3:5 (with Ryle's note). In 2 Kin., "the Carites"; cp. 2Ch 23:1 (note).

the high gate R.V. the upper gate; cp. 2Ch 27:3, "the high (-upper," R.V.) gate of the house of…

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