2 Reyes 11:4

4 En el séptimo año, el sacerdote Joyadá mandó llamar a los capitanes,^[a] a los quereteos y a los guardias, para que se presentaran ante él en el templo del SEÑOR. Allí en el templo hizo un pacto con ellos y les tomó juramento. Luego les mostró al hijo del rey,

2 Reyes 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 Reyes 11:4 In-Context

2 Pero Josaba, que era hija del rey Jorán y hermana de Ocozías, raptó a Joás hijo de Ocozías cuando los príncipes estaban a punto de ser asesinados. Metiéndolo en un dormitorio con su nodriza, logró esconderlo de Atalía, de modo que no lo mataron.

3 Seis años estuvo Joás escondido con su nodriza en el templo del SEÑOR, mientras Atalía reinaba en el país.

4 En el séptimo año, el sacerdote Joyadá mandó llamar a los capitanes, a los quereteos y a los guardias, para que se presentaran ante él en el templo del SEÑOR. Allí en el templo hizo un pacto con ellos y les tomó juramento. Luego les mostró al hijo del rey,

5 y les dio estas órdenes: «Hagan lo siguiente: Una tercera parte de los que están de servicio el sábado vigilará el palacio real;

6 otra tercera parte, la puerta de Sur; y la otra tercera parte, la puerta detrás del cuartel. Harán la guardia del templo por turnos.

Footnotes

• [a] "capitanes" . Lit. "jefes de cien" ; también en vv. 9,10,15,19.