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They went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers` [houses] of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
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Strategic and Broad Support
Commentators explain that the priest Jehoiada did not rely solely on the royal guard. He strategically gathered Levites and clan leaders from all over Judah, demonstrating wise leadership that secured broad support from both religious and civil authorities for the restoration of the king.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jehoiada was unwilling to trust the success of the revolution wholly and entirely to the royal bodyguard. Accordingly, the captains gathered from t…
19th Century
Anglican
And they went about in Judah. — 2 Chronicles 17:9; 1 Samuel 7:16.
The chief of the fathers.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons , &c.] To be …
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