2 Reis 11:4

4 No sétimo ano, porém, Jeoiada mandou chamar os centuriões dos caritas e os oficiais da guarda, e fê-los entrar consigo na casa do Senhor; e fez com eles um pacto e, ajuramentando-os na casa do Senhor, mostrou-lhes o filho do rei.

2 Reis 11:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 11:4

And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over
hundreds, with the captains and the guard
This was the husband of Jehosheba, who was high priest, ( 2 Chronicles 22:11 ) these

rulers over hundreds
were not those appointed over the people for civil affairs, as by the advice of Jethro, but over the priests and Levites in their courses; five of whom are mentioned by name, and were employed in gathering together the Levites, and the chief of the fathers, throughout all the cities of Judah, ( 2 Chronicles 23:1 2 Chronicles 23:2 ) , and the "captains" here are the heads of the fathers there, who were the heads of the courses they were sent to gather; and the "guard", those of the late king, whom Athaliah had turned out of their post, and took in others in their room, unless rather the temple guard is meant:

and brought them to him into the house of the Lord;
the temple, that part of it where was the court of the priests and Levites:

and made a covenant with them;
to join with him, assist him, and stand by him in the restoration of the king, and the reformation of the kingdom:

and took an oath of them in the house of the Lord;
to keep secrecy, and be faithful to him:

and showed them the king's son;
for the truth of which he could produce his wife, the sister of the late king, and also the nurse of this child with him.

2 Reis 11:4 In-Context

2 Mas Jeoseba, filha do rei Jorão, irmã de Acazias, tomou a Joás, filho de Acazias, furtando-o dentre os filhos do rei, aos quais matavam na recâmara, e o escondeu de Ataliá, a ele e � sua ama, de sorte que não o mataram.

3 E esteve com ela escondido na casa do Senhor seis anos; e Atalia reinava sobre o país.

4 No sétimo ano, porém, Jeoiada mandou chamar os centuriões dos caritas e os oficiais da guarda, e fê-los entrar consigo na casa do Senhor; e fez com eles um pacto e, ajuramentando-os na casa do Senhor, mostrou-lhes o filho do rei.

5 Então lhes ordenou, dizendo: Eis aqui o que haveis de fazer: uma terça parte de vós, os que entrais no sábado, fará a guarda da casa do rei;

6 outra terça parte estará � porta Sur; e a outra terça parte � porta detrás dos da guarda. Assim fareis a guarda desta casa, afastando a todos.