Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
2 Chronicles Chapter 23
Overview
Ch2 23:1, Jehoiada, having set things in order, makes Joash king; Ch2 23:12, Athaliah is slain; Ch2 23:16, Jehoiada restores the worship of God.
seventh year: Kg2 11:4-16
covenant with him: Ch2 15:12; Sa1 18:3; Neh 9:38
went about: Psa 112:5; Mat 10:16; Eph 5:15
the chief of: Houbigant omits the words of Israel. Bp. Patrick, however, is of the opinion that Judah is here called by the general name of Israel, but it is probable, that these "chief fathers of Israel," were the descendants of those priests and Levites, and other pious persons of the ten tribes, who left their cities and possessions, and joined themselves to Judah, in the days of Jeroboam. See the parallel passages. Ch2 11:13-17; Ch1 15:12, Ch1 24:6
made a covenant: Ch2 23:16; Sa2 5:3; Kg2 11:17; Ch1 11:3
as the Lord: Ch2 6:16, Ch2 7:18, Ch2 21:7; Sa2 7:12, Sa2 7:16; Kg1 2:4, Kg1 9:5; 1Chr. 9:9-27; Psa 89:29, Psa 89:36
entering: Ch1 23:3-6, Ch1 24:3-6; Luk 1:8, Luk 1:9
porters: Ch1 26:13-16
doors: Heb. thresholds
the king's house: Kg2 11:5, Kg2 11:6; Eze 44:2, Eze 44:3, Eze 46:2, Eze 46:3
the gate: Act 3:2
they that minister: Kg2 11:6, Kg2 11:7; Ch1 23:28-32
the Levites: Kg2 11:8, Kg2 11:9
whosoever: Exo 19:12, Exo 19:13, Exo 21:14; Num 3:10, Num 3:38
the Levites: Kg2 11:9
the courses: 1Chr. 24:1-26:32
which were in the house: When the soldier retired from the tumults of war to the bosom of his family, he frequently hung up his arms in the temple, as a grateful acknowledgment of the protection he had received, and of the victories he had won. It is highly probable, therefore, that the arms of David which Jehoiada delivered to the captains of hundreds, "which were in the house of God," were laid up in the tabernacle by David when he resigned the command of his armies to his generals; and there is reason to believe that his conduct, in this respect, was followed by many of his companions in arms.
side of the temple: Heb. shoulder of the house, Kg2 11:11
They brought: Ch2 22:11; Kg2 11:12
put upon: Sa2 1:10; Psa 21:3, Psa 89:39, Psa 132:18; Heb 2:9; Jam 1:12, Jam 2:5; Rev 4:4, Rev 4:10; Rev 5:10, Rev 19:12
the testimony: Exo 25:16, Exo 31:18; Deu 17:18-20; Psa 2:10-12, Psa 78:5; Isa 8:16, Isa 8:20, Isa 49:23
anointed him: Sa1 10:1; Sa2 5:3; Kg1 1:39; Psa 89:20; Act 4:26, Act 4:27
God save the king: Heb. Let the king live, Sa1 10:24; Sa2 16:16; Kg1 1:34; Mat 21:9
Now when: Kg2 11:13-16
she came: Kg2 9:32-37
she looked: Psa 14:5
and the princes: Num 10:1-10; Ch1 15:24
all the people: Kg1 1:39, Kg1 1:40; Ch1 12:40; Pro 11:10, Pro 29:2
sounded: Jdg 7:8, Jdg 7:18-22; Kg2 9:13
the singers: Ch1 15:16-22, Ch1 15:27, Ch1 25:1-8
Then Athaliah: Ecc 9:12
Treason: Heb. Conspiracy, Kg1 18:17, Kg1 18:18; Kg2 9:23; Rom 2:1, Rom 2:2
Have her forth: The Vulgate has here, and in the parallel place, Educite illam extra septa templi, "Take her out beyond the precincts of the temple." These were walls erected in parallel lines, and forming an extensive range of buildings around the sacred edifice. Exo 21:14
whoso followeth her: He who takes her part let him be instantly slain. Kg2 10:25, Kg2 11:8, Kg2 11:15
Slay her not: Eze 9:7
the horse gate: This gate was in the eastern wall of the city, towards the brook Kidron (Jer 31:40), at which the king's horses probably went out from the stables at Millo. It was near the temple; and some Rabbins suppose that, in order to go to the temple, a person might go on horseback to this place, but was then obliged to alight. Neh 3:28
they slew her there: Ch2 22:10; Jdg 1:7; Psa 5:6, Psa 55:23; Mat 7:2; Jam 2:13; Rev 16:5-7
made a covenant: Ch2 15:12, Ch2 15:14, Ch2 29:10, Ch2 34:31, Ch2 34:32; Deu 5:2, Deu 5:3, Deu 29:1-15; Kg2 11:17; Ezr 10:3; Neh 5:12, Neh 5:13, Neh 9:38, Neh 10:29-39
that they should: Deu 26:17-19; Jos 24:21-25; Isa 44:5
the house of Baal: Ch2 34:4, Ch2 34:7; Kg2 10:25-28, Kg2 11:18, Kg2 18:4
brake his altars: Deu 12:3; Isa 2:18; Zac 13:2, Zac 13:3
slew Mattan: Deu 13:5, Deu 13:9; Kg1 18:40; Kg2 11:18, Kg2 11:19
whom David: 1Chr. 23:1-24:31
as it is written: Num. 28:1-31
by David: Heb. by the hands of David, Ch2 29:25; 1Chr. 25:1-31
porters: Ch1 9:23, Ch1 9:24, 26:1-32
the captains: Kg2 11:9, Kg2 11:10, Kg2 11:19
Kg2 11:20; Psa 58:10, Psa 58:11; Pro 11:10; Rev 18:20, Rev 19:1-4