2 Chronicles 23:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Chronicles 23:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Chronicles 23:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Chronicles 23:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from Yahweh’s house. They came through the upper gate to the king’s house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.”
2 Chronicles 23:20 — World English Bible
2 Chronicles 23:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 Jehovah: and they came through the upper gate unto the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. ”
2 Chronicles 23:20 — American Standard Version
2 Chronicles 23:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And he taketh the heads of the hundreds, and the honourable ones, and the rulers among the people, and all the people of the land, and bringeth down the king from the house of Jehovah, and they come in through the high gate to the house of the king, and cause the king to sit on the throne of the kingdom.”
2 Chronicles 23:20 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Chronicles 23:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he took the captains of the 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 Jehovah; and they came through the upper gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. ”
2 Chronicles 23:20 — Darby Translation
2 Chronicles 23:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he tooke the captaines of hundreths, and the noble men, and the gouernours of the people, and all the people of the land, and he caused the King to come downe out of the house of the Lord, and they went thorowe the hie gate of the Kings house, and set the King vpon the throne of the kingdome.”
2 Chronicles 23:20 — Geneva Bible
2 Chronicles 23:20 in Context — 2 Chronicles 23
18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
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.
21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
What Does 2 Chronicles 23:20 Mean?
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