A moment in scripture

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.

"
2 Chronicles 23:20Read chapter (KJV) KJV

The surrounding passage

  1. 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. 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.

  3. 2 Chronicles 23:21

    And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

Read all of 2 Chronicles 23 →

Download verse card

Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.