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2 Chronicles 23:11
Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jehoiada and his sons orchestrate the coronation of the king’s son within the temple precincts while troops guard the sanctuary and the queen mother Athaliah approaches following the crowd's noise.
The words — The text records וַ/יּוֹצִ֣יאוּ (va/i.yo.Tzi.'u), meaning "and they brought out," and הַ/נֵּ֙זֶר֙ (ha./Ne.zer), meaning "the crown," describing the physical removal and placement of royal regalia.
The thread — The narrative of public acclamation and divine selection echoes 1 Samuel 10:24, while the presentation of the Testimony and the king’s obligation to the law recall Exodus 25:16 and Deuteronomy 17:18.
Why it lands — The account records a public coronation where royal authority is conferred through anointing, crowning, and the presentation of the covenant scroll before demanding immediate allegiance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 10:24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
- Exodus 25:16 And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
- Deuteronomy 17:18 When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
- 2 Kings 11:12 Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
- Psalms 89:39 You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
- Exodus 31:18 When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
- 1 Samuel 10:1 Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
- 2 Samuel 1:10 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
- 2 Samuel 5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
- 2 Samuel 16:16 And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”