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2 Kings 11:4-20

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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.
14 She looked and behold, the king was standing 11by the pillar, according to the custom, with the captains and the trumpeters beside the king; and 12all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah 13tore her clothes and cried, "14Treason! Treason!"
15 And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were appointed over the army and said to them, "Bring her out between * * the ranks, and whoever follows * her put to death with the sword." For the priest said, "Let her not be put to death in the house of the LORD."
16 So they seized * her, and when she arrived at the horses' entrance of the king's house, she was 15put to death there.
17 Then 16Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they would be the LORD'S people, also 17between the king and the people.
18 All the people of the land went to 18the house of Baal, and tore it down; 19his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly, and 20killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
19 He took the captains of hundreds and the 21Carites and the guards and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of 22the gate of the guards to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
20 So 23all the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house.
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2 Kings 11:4-20 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 23

  • 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
  • 11. 2 Kings 23:3; 2 Chronicles 34:31
  • 12. 1 Kings 1:39, 40
  • 13. Genesis 37:29; Genesis 44:13
  • 14. 2 Kings 9:23
  • 15. Genesis 9:6; Leviticus 24:17
  • 16. Joshua 24:25; 2 Chronicles 15:12-14; 2 Chronicles 34:31
  • 17. 1 Samuel 10:25; 2 Samuel 5:3
  • 18. 2 Kings 10:26, 27
  • 19. Deuteronomy 12:2, 3
  • 20. 1 Kings 18:40
  • 21. 2 Kings 11:4
  • 22. 2 Kings 11:6
  • 23. Proverbs 11:10

Footnotes 12

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