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2 Chronicles 23:4

2 Chronicles 23:4
This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The writer of Chronicles relates the orders that were given to the Levites, the author of Kings those received by the royal body-guard (2Ki 11:5 note).

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Chronicles 23:1-11

We may well imagine the bad posture of affairs in Jerusalem during Athaliah's six years' usurpation, and may wonder that God permitted it and his people bore it so long; but after such a dark and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Thisis the thing that ye shall do The main features of the arrangement as given here and in 2 Kin. are clear, although some details are obscure. From Kings it appears that it was the custom on the…

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