2 CHRONICLES 23:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.”
The weapons provision — 'And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the commanders of the hundreds the spears and the large and small shields that had belonged to King David and that were stored in the house of God' (וַיִּתֵּן יְהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵן לְשָׂרֵי הַמֵּאוֹת אֶת־הַחֲנִית וְהַצִּנָּה וְהַמָּגִנִּים). Jehoiada distributes weapons — spears (חנית) and shields (צנה, מגנן) — from the temple arsenal. The phrase 'that had belonged to King David' (אשׁר היו למלך דוד) invokes Davidic legitimacy through symbolic arms. The storage in 'the house of God' (בית אלהים) indicates that the temple is not merely a religious sanctuary but the repository of royal regalia and military equipment. The distribution of Davidic weapons to the troops symbolically links the coup to the restoration of Davidic authority.
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