Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 23:6
But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they [are] holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
6. let none come into the house of the Lord ] It is clear on the contrary from Kings (2Ch 23:11) that the royal guards (who were laymen) were brought into the Temple itself under Jehoiada’s directions. Ritual custom was broken through for such a crisis.
all the people ] Not mentioned in Kings; but cp. 2Ki 11:14.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Keep the watch of the Lord – i. e. guard against any attempt that might be made by the Baal-worshippers to force their way through the courts into the temple.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Into the house of the Lord; strictly so called, as it is distinguished from the courts, into which others were permitted to come, 2Ch 23:5, to wit, into the holy place.
The priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they who are to minister in course, or by my present appointment.
The watch of the Lord, i.e. of the house of the Lord; as the phrase may be filled up out of this place and 2Ki 11:6. The sense is, Let them stand in their court to prevent and oppose any person who shall endeavour violently to break into the house to seize upon the king, or to disturb their present work; which he expected Athaliah and her accomplices would do.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on 2Ch 23:1].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(6) But let none come into the house of the Lord.This verse is not read in Kings. Apparently it is merely an emphatic repetition of the direction of the last verse that all the people were to remain in the courts, and not to break the law by presuming to enter the holy chambers. In 2Ki. 11:7 we read instead: And the two parts among you, all that go out on the Sabbath, they shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord, with regard to the king. The last words of the present verse, And all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord repeat a portion of this, but in a different sense: Let all the people carefully observe the legal rule against entering the sanctuary.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 23:6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they [are] holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
Ver. 6. Shall keep the watch of the Lord. ] They shall observe to do in this service of the Lord what is given them in charge. Every man must move in his own orb to promote the work of reformation.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
holy. See note on Exo 3:5.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
they that minister: 2Ki 11:6, 2Ki 11:7, 1Ch 23:28-32
Reciprocal: Deu 33:8 – with thy Neh 12:45 – the ward
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 23:6. Let none come into the house of the Lord Strictly so called, and distinguished from the courts just mentioned, namely, into the sanctuary, or holy place. Save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites Who are to minister in course, or according to my present appointment. They shall go in, for they are holy They have been consecrated to the service of God, and are bound to attend there. But all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord That is, of the house of the Lord, as is expressed 2Ki 11:6. The meaning is, Let them stand in their court to prevent and oppose any person that shall endeavour violently to break into the house, to seize upon the king, or to oppose the present work, which he expected Athaliah and her accomplices would do.