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2 Kings 11:7
2 Kings 11:7 is verse 7 of 2 Kings chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.
King James Version
And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
World English Bible
The two companies of you, even all who go out on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of Yahweh’s house around the king.
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2 Kings 11:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
6 a third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple—
7 the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.
8 You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
9 So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Kings 11:5and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
2 Chronicles 23:6No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.