Passage Research
2 Chronicles 23 — Sermon Preparation
Jehoiada the priest installs the young Joash as king, Athaliah is executed at the horse gate, and the people tear down the temple of Baal. Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 23, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 21
- verses
- 385 / 146
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
2 Chronicles 23 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוֹיָדָע | Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ | H3077 | 8 | Jehojada |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 12 | people, tribe |
| כֹּהֵן | kôhên | H3548 | 9 | officiating, priest |
| לֵוִיִּי | Lêvîyîy | H3881 | 6 | Levite |
| שַׂר | sar | H8269 | 5 | head |
| עֲתַלְיָה | ʻĂthalyâh | H6271 | 3 | Athaljah |
| מוּת | mûwth | H4191 | 5 | die, kill |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 23, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Six years bloody Athaliah had tyrannised; in this chapter we have her deposed and slain, and Joash, the rightful heir, enthroned. We had the story before nearly as it is here related, 2 Kings xi. 4, &c. I. Jehoiada prepared the people for the king, acquainted them with his design, armed them, and appointed them their posts, ver. 1-10. II. He produced the king to the people, crowned him, and anointed him, ver. 11. III. He slew the usurper, ver. 12-15. IV. He reformed the kingdom, re-established religion, and restored the civil government, ver. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Chronicles 23:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Horse Gate— 2 Chr 23:15
- Jerusalem— 2 Chr 23:2
- Gate of the Foundation— 2 Chr 23:5
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