OLD TESTAMENT

2 Chronicles 20:5

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Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the LORD’s house, before the new court;

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Verse 5. New court of the priests. Why it is so called, does not appear. Calmet.—Some understand the court for the women; (Salien) others, that for Gentiles. Le Clerc.—Probably some of the courts had been found too spacious after the schism, and had been neglected; but now, as many had returned to serve the Lord in the dominions of Josaphat, he had made some repairs. Tirinus.

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