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2 Chronicles 23:15-17
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 23:15-17
New English Translation
15 They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance.[a] There they executed her.
16 Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord.[b] 17 All the people went and demolished[c] the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols.[d] They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
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- 2 Chronicles 23:15 tn Heb “and they placed hands on her, and she went through the entrance of the gate of the horses [into] the house of the king.” Some English versions treat the phrase “gate of the horses” as the name of the gate (“the Horse Gate”; e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
- 2 Chronicles 23:16 tn Heb “and Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and [between] all the people and [between] the king, to become a people for the Lord.”
- 2 Chronicles 23:17 tn Or “tore down.”
- 2 Chronicles 23:17 tn Or “images.”
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