Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah, so that the unclean in any way could not go in.
New American Standard Bible
He stationed
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
He stationed gatekeepers
International Standard Version
Jehoiada also stationed inspectors at the LORD's Temple so that no one would enter who was ritually unclean in any manner.
A Conservative Version
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of LORD that no man who was unclean in anything should enter in.
American Standard Version
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.
Amplified
Jehoiada stationed the gatekeepers [at the gates] of the house of the Lord, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean.
Bible in Basic English
And he put door-keepers at the doors of the Lord's house, to see that no one who was unclean in any way might come in
Darby Translation
And he set the doorkeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that no one unclean in anything should enter in.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will cause the gate-keepers to stand at the gates of the house of Jehovah, and the unclean shall not come in to all the word.
King James 2000
And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in anything should enter in.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of Yahweh so that no person unclean with respect to any matter could enter
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he set porters unto the gates of the house of the LORD, that none that was unclean in any point should enter in.
NET Bible
He posted guards at the gates of the Lord's temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.
New Heart English Bible
He set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
The Emphasized Bible
And he caused gatekeepers to stand, at the gates of the house of Yahweh, - that no one who was unclean should, on any account, enter.
Webster
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none who was unclean in any thing should enter.
World English Bible
He set the porters at the gates of the house of Yahweh, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he stationeth the gatekeepers over the gates of the house of Jehovah, and the unclean in anything doth not go in.
Interlinear
`amad
Tame'
Dabar
References
American
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 23:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jehoiada's Reforms
18 And Jehoiada chose the officers of the house of Jehovah by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with joy and with singing, by the hands of David. 19 And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah, so that the unclean in any way could not go in. 20 And he took the commanders of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of Jehovah. And they came through the Upper Gate into the king's house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Chronicles 9:22-24
All these chosen for gatekeepers in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These by their genealogies, in their villages, were the ones David and Samuel the seer ordained in their set office.
1 Chronicles 26:1-32
For the divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.