And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
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Gill's Exposition
And said unto them, hear me, ye Levites; sanctify yourselves,.... By washing their bodies and their garments, that no pollution might attend them in their service, see Isa 52:11.
and sanctify the…
Barnes' Notes
The east street - Rather, some open space before the eastern gate of the outer temple court is intended.
Here is, I. Hezekiah's age when he came to the crown. He was twenty-five years old. Joash, who came to the crown after two bad reigns, was but seven years old; Josiah, who came after two bad reigns,…
Cambridge Bible
into the east street R.V. into the broad place on the east. The place meant was part of the Temple area; cp. Ezr 10:9, "the broad place before the house of God" (R.V.).