2 Chronicles 23:6
But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
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Barnes' Notes
Keep the watch of the Lord - i. e. guard against any attempt that might be made by the Baal-worshippers to force their way through the courts into the temple.
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
let none comeinto the house of the Lord It is clear on the contrary from Kings (2Ch 23:11) that the royal guards (who were laymen) were brought into the Temple itself under Jehoiada's directions.…