2 CHRONICLES 23:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
The assembly's completion — 'Then he took the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the LORD. They came through the upper gate to the king's house and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom' (וַיִּקַּח אֶת־שָׂרֵי הַמֵּאוֹת וְאֶת־הָאַדִּרִים וְאֶת־הָעָם וְאֶת־כָּל־עַם־הָאָרֶץ וַיּוֹרִד אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ מִבֵּית־יְהוָה וַיָּבֹאוּ בְתוֹךְ שַׁעַר־הָעֶלְיוֹן לְבֵית־הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיּוֹשִׁיבוּ אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל־כִּסֵּא הַמַּמְלָכָה). After the temple reformation, Jehoiada brings the full assembly (commanders, nobles, governors, and people) to escort the king from the temple (בית יהוה) through the upper gate (שׁער העליון) to the king's house (בית המלך). The placement on 'the throne of the kingdom' (כסא הממלכה) formalizes Joash's institutional kingship. The procession from temple to palace symbolizes the covenant relation of king, people, and God. The coup that began with the priest's covenant with the hidden heir concludes with the public coronation.
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