Charles Ellicott Commentary 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 Jehovah: and they came through the upper gate unto the king`s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom." — 2 Chronicles 23:20 (ASV)

And he took. —See 2 Kings 11:19.

The nobles, and the governors of the people. —Kings has: And the Carians and the Couriers. (See Note on 2 Chronicles 23:1.)

The nobles. —Compare Psalms 16:3.

Governors of the people. —Compare Isaiah 28:14. These “nobles and governors” are perhaps “the heads of the clans” of 2 Chronicles 23:2, and “the princes” of 2 Chronicles 23:13; though the phrase certainly looks like an attempt at explaining the obscure titles of the royal guard.

And they came through the high gate. —Kings, And they came by the way of the Couriers’ Gate. (See Note on 2 Chronicles 23:5.) The Couriers’ Gate may have been called the High Gate, as being the grand entrance to the palace. A gate of the Temple has the same designation in 2 Chronicles 27:3.