2 Chronicles 23:20

He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from Yahweh’s house. They came through the upper gate to the king’s house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.

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WEBBE

He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the LORD’s house. They came through the upper gate to the king’s house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.

BSB

And he 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,

KJV

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 the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

ASV

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.

BBE

Then he took the captains of hundreds and the chiefs and the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and they came down with the king from the house of the Lord through the higher doorway into the king's house, and put the king on the seat of the kingdom.

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וַיִּקַּח vai·yi·kach and he took H3947 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 שָׂרֵי sa·rei [the] commanders of H8269 הַמֵּאוֹת ha·me·'ot the hundreds H3967 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 הָאַדִּירִים ha·'a·di·rim the nobles H117 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 הַמּוֹשְׁלִים ha·mo·she·lim the rulers H4910 בָּעָם ba·'am over the people H5971 וְאֵת ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 עַם 'am [the] people of H5971 הָאָרֶץ ha·'a·retz the land H776 וַיּוֹרֶד vai·yo·red and he brought down H3381 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 מִבֵּית mi·beit from [the] house of H1004 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 וַיָּבֹאוּ vai·ya·vo·'u and they came H935 בְּתוֹךְ־ be·tokh- in [the] middle of H8432 שַׁעַר sha·'ar [the] gate H8179 הָעֶלְיוֹן ha·'el·yon (the) upper H5945 בֵּית beit [the] house of H1004 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 וַיּוֹשִׁיבוּ vai·yo·shi·vu and they made sit H3427 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 עַל 'al on H5921 כִּסֵּא ki·se' [the] throne of H3678 הַמַּמְלָכָה ha·mam·la·khah (the) royalty H4467

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.