put upon him the crown, and the testimony. Figure of speech Zeugma (App-6), by which there is an Ellipsis of the second verb, rightly supplied in Authorized Version, "gave him".
testimony: i.e. the book of the Law.
Related Commentaries of 2 Chronicles 23:11
2 Chronicles 23:11
11 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.