2 Chronicles 23:19
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New International Version (©2011)
He also stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the LORD's temple so that no one who was in any way unclean might enter.

New Living Translation (©2007)
He also stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the LORD's Temple to keep out those who for any reason were ceremonially unclean.

English Standard Version (©2001)
He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He stationed the gatekeepers of the house of the LORD, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the LORD's temple so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Jehoiada also stationed inspectors at the LORD's Temple so that no one would enter who was ritually unclean in any manner.

NET Bible (©2006)
He posted guards at the gates of the LORD's temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Jehoiada appointed gatekeepers for the gates of the LORD's temple so that no one who was unclean for any reason could enter.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in anything should enter in.

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He appointed also porters in the gates of the house of the Lord, that none who was unclean in any thing should enter in.

Darby Bible Translation
And he set the doorkeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that no one unclean in anything should enter in.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none who was unclean in any thing should enter.

World English Bible
He set the porters at the gates of the house of Yahweh, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.

Young's Literal Translation
and he stationeth the gatekeepers over the gates of the house of Jehovah, and the unclean in anything doth not go in.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

23:12-20 A warning from God was sent to Jehoram. The Spirit of prophecy might direct Elijah to prepare this writing in the foresight of Jehoram's crimes. He is plainly told that his sin should certainly ruin him. But no marvel that sinners are not frightened from sin, and to repentance, by the threatenings of misery in another world, when the certainty of misery in this world, the sinking of their estates, and the ruin of their health, will not restrain them from vicious courses. See Jehoram here stripped of all his comforts. Thus God plainly showed that the controversy was with him, and his house. He had slain all his brethren to strengthen himself; now, all his sons are slain but one. David's house must not be wholly destroyed, like those of Israel's kings, because a blessing was in it; that of the Messiah. Good men may be afflicted with diseases; but to them they are fatherly chastisements, and by the support of Divine consolations the soul may dwell at ease, even when the body lies in pain. To be sick and poor, sick and solitary, but especially to be sick and in sin, sick and under the curse of God, sick and without grace to bear it, is a most deplorable case. Wickedness and profaneness make men despicable, even in the eyes of those who have but little religion.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 19. - The porters (1 Chronicles 26:1-12).

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Jehoiada Restores the Worship of God
…18Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David. 19And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. 20And 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 on the throne of the kingdom.

2 Kings 7:10 So they went and called out to the city gatekeepers and told them, "We went into the Aramean camp and no one was there--not a sound of anyone--only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were."
1 Chronicles 9:22 Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer.