2 Chronicles 23 · Verse 19

2 Chronicles 23:19

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.
2 Chronicles 23:19, King James Version

2 Chronicles 23:19 in other translations

BSBHe stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.
WEBHe set the gatekeepers at the gates of the LORD’s house, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
ASVAnd he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.
YLTand he stationeth the gatekeepers over the gates of the house of Jehovah, and the unclean in anything doth not go in.
DARBYAnd he set the doorkeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that no one unclean in anything should enter in.
BBEAnd he put door-keepers at the doors of the Lord's house, to see that no one who was unclean in any way might come in.
WebsterAnd he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none who was unclean in any thing should enter.

2 Chronicles 23:19 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיַּעֲמֵד֙vai.ya.'a.Medand he stationedH5975
הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔יםha.Sho.'a.Rimthe gatekeepersH7778
עַֽל\־'al-atH5921
שַׁעֲרֵ֖יsha.'a.Rei[the] gates ofH8179
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יָבֹ֥אya.Vo'he cameH935
טָמֵ֖אta.Me'a [person] uncleanH2931
לְכָל\־le.kholto anyH3605
דָּבָֽר\׃da.VarmatterH1697

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 23:19

  • 1 Chronicles 9:22-24

    All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:1-32

    Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. Moreover the sons of Obed–edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, …

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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.

  • 2 Chronicles 23:19

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 23:20

    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.

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2 Chronicles 23:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Puso también porteros á las puertas de la casa de Jehová, para que por ninguna vía entrase ningún inmundo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il plaça les portiers aux portes de la maison de l’ Éternel, afin qu’il n’y entre aucune personne impure en quoi que ce soit.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er stellte die Torhüter an die Tore des Hauses Jehovas, daß keiner hineinginge, der irgendwie unrein wäre.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Constituit quoque janitores in portis domus Domini, ut non ingrederetur eam immundus in omni re.