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2 Kings 11:3-13

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3 So he was hidden with her in the house of the LORD six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land.
4 1Now in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of hundreds of 2the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him in the house of the LORD. Then he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son.
5 He commanded them, saying, "This is the thing that you shall do: 3one third of you, who come in on the sabbath and keep watch over the king's house
6 (one third also shall be at the gate Sur, and one third at the gate behind the guards ), shall keep watch over the house for defense.
7 "Two parts of you, even all who go out on the sabbath, shall also keep watch over the house of the LORD for the king.
8 "Then you shall surround * * the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes within the ranks shall be put to death. And 4be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in."
9 So the captains of hundreds 5did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each one of them took his men who were to come in on the sabbath, with those who were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
10 6The priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of the LORD.
11 The guards stood each with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, by the altar and by the house, around the king.
12 Then he brought the king's son out and 7put the crown on him and gave him 8the testimony; and they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "9Long live the king!"
13 10When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people in the house of the LORD.
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2 Kings 11:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 11

This chapter relates how that Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, being hid and preserved, when his grandmother murdered all the seed royal, after six years was produced, 2Ki 11:1-3, when Jehoiada the priest set a sufficient guard about him, and the king's house, and anointed him king, 2Ki 11:4-12, and Athaliah his grandmother, who had reigned six years, was put to death by the order of the priest, 2Ki 10:13-16, and then a covenant was made between the Lord, and the king, and the people, and between the king and the people; and he was placed on the throne, to the satisfaction of the people, and the quiet thereof, 2Ki 10:17-21.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 10

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 23:1-21
  • 2. 2 Samuel 20:23; 2 Kings 11:19
  • 3. 1 Chronicles 9:25
  • 4. Numbers 27:16, 17
  • 5. 2 Chronicles 23:8
  • 6. 2 Samuel 8:7; 1 Chronicles 18:7
  • 7. 2 Samuel 1:10
  • 8. Exodus 25:16; Exodus 31:18
  • 9. 1 Samuel 10:24
  • 10. 2 Chronicles 23:12

Footnotes 6

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