Verse Lens · Expanded explanation
2 Chronicles 23:3 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 3. 3And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.
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Quick Meaning
Reveals the hidden king and appeals to the Davidic promise.
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 23:1–23:11
Reveals the hidden king and appeals to the Davidic promise. Read 2 Chronicles 23:3 within 23:1–23:11. The complete unit records: Jehoiada builds a coalition, gathers Levites and clan heads, deploys armed temple guards, presents the Davidic heir, gives him crown and testimony, and acclaims him king.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The rescue moves into a carefully planned transfer of power centered on temple personnel and Davidic covenant. In this exact position, the line beginning “And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of…” reveals the hidden king and appeals to the Davidic promise.
Follow the Context
- Jehoiada builds a coalition, gathers Levites and clan heads, deploys armed temple guards, presents the Davidic heir, gives him crown and testimony, and acclaims him king.
- The rescue moves into a carefully planned transfer of power centered on temple personnel and Davidic covenant.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of…”
In plain language: Reveals the hidden king and appeals to the Davidic promise.
The line beginning “And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of…” reveals the hidden king and appeals to the Davidic promise.
Why it matters: The wording carries a material literary, historical, temple, royal-power, violence, ethnic, illness, gender, exile, reception, or misuse boundary.
How certain? probableWhat This Verse Is Not Saying
A successful sacred coup does not authorize clergy to seize government, arm worshipers, or expose a child ruler to violence.
What Remains True
Reveals the hidden king and appeals to the Davidic promise. This concrete detail supports a bounded truth: Faithful memory tells the truth about worship and power together: it preserves covenant hope while naming labor, victims, institutional limits, human agency, and uncertainty.
How It Can Shape Life
- Because this verse reveals the hidden king and appeals to the Davidic promise, keep it inside 23:1–23:11, compare its Samuel-Kings relationship honestly, protect affected people from coercion or stigma, and apply only the accountable principle the complete unit supports.
Teach It Back
Explain why 2 Chronicles 23:3 reveals the hidden king and appeals to the Davidic promise. Use 23:1–23:11, paraphrase “And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of…,” state one source or reconstruction limit, identify one person or group power can obscure, and reject one conclusion this verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 2 Chronicles 23:1–23:11 — Jehoiada organizes the coup and crowns JoashSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
2 Chronicles 23:3 remains within this thought-unit limit: Chronicles greatly expands the Levite role compared with Kings; the account reflects temple-centered historiography as well as a remembered succession.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Chronicles 23:1–23:11, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 23:1–23:11
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Full Notes: 2 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
Supports: Unit-bounded translation comparisons and only those lexical, textual, grammatical, numerical, historical, and parallel-passage notes attached to these verses.
Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 2 Chronicles 23:1–23:11, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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