Verse 5
2 Kings 11:5
World English Bible
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He commanded them, saying, “This is what you must do: a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְצַוֵּ֣/ם לֵ/אמֹ֔ר זֶ֥ה הַ/דָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ/ן הַ/שְּׁלִשִׁ֤ית מִ/כֶּם֙ בָּאֵ֣י הַ/שַּׁבָּ֔ת וְ/שֹׁ֣מְרֵ֔י מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת בֵּ֥ית הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
English Translation
And they commanded, saying, "This is the thing that you shall do: the third of you who come on the Sabbath and keep the watch of the house of the king."
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Chapter 11 Context
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Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the r...
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But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and sto...
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He was with her hidden in Yahweh’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.
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4
In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the g...
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5
He commanded them, saying, “This is what you must do: a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath, sh...
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a third of you shall be at the gate Sur; and a third of you at the gate behind the guard. So you sha...
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The two companies of you, even all who go out on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of Yahweh’s house...
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8
You shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ran...
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9
The captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they each to...
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10
The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David’s...
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11
The guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the lef...
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12
Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; and they ma...
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13
When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into Yahweh’s h...
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and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the tradition was, with the captains an...
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15
Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them,...
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16
So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses’ entry to the king’s house, and she...
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17
Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh’s pe...
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18
All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images b...
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19
He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land;...
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So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the swo...
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Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
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