2 Kings 11:8

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 ¹be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in."

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2 Kings 11:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 11:8

And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his
weapons in his hand
Afterwards given them, ( 2 Kings 11:10 ) ,

and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain;
any strange man that was not of them, that came into the ranks in which they were formed, was to be put to death as a spy, who might go and inform the queen what was doing; according to Jarchi, the word for "ranges" signifies the place through which the king went from his own house to the house of God ^F4; and here it seems the guards were placed:

and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in
when brought forth to be crowned and anointed, and returned again.

FOOTNOTES:

F4 Vid. David. de Pomis Lexic. fol. 205. 3.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Kings 11:8 In-Context

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 be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in."

9 So the captains of hundreds did 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 The 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 .

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1. Numbers 27:16, 17

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