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2 Chronicles 23:19
He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.
2 Chronicles 23:19 · Berean Standard Bible
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2 Chronicles 23:19 in other translations
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.
He set the gatekeepers at the gates of the LORD’s house, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
He set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
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In context
16 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.
17 So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
18 Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.
19 He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.
20 He also took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,
21 and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword.
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