2 Kings 11:7

Easy-to-Read Version

Your two divisions who go off duty on the Sabbath day will stand guard at the Lord 's Temple and protect King Joash.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Your two divisions that go off duty on the Sabbath are to provide the king protection at the Lord’s temple.

Hebrew Names Version
The two companies of you, even all who go forth on the Shabbat, shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about 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.

English Standard Version
And the two divisions of you, which come on duty in force on the Sabbath and guard the house of the Lord on behalf of the king,

New Century Version
The two groups who go off duty on the Sabbath must protect the Temple of the Lord for the king.

New English Translation
The two units who are off duty on the Sabbath will guard the Lord 's temple and protect the king.

Amplified Bible
"Two units of you, all those who go out [off duty] on the Sabbath, shall also keep watch over the house (temple) of the LORD for [the protection of] the king.

New American Standard Bible
"And two parts of you, all who go out on the Sabbath, shall also keep watch over the house of the LORD for the king.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And two parts of you, that is, all that goe out on the Sabbath day, shal keepe the watch of the house of the Lord about the King.

Legacy Standard Bible
And two parts of you, even all who go out on the sabbath, shall also keep watch over the house of Yahweh for the king.

Contemporary English Version
The other two guard units are supposed to be off duty on the Sabbath. But I want both of them to stay here at the temple and protect King Joash.

Complete Jewish Bible
while the other two groups of you who come on duty on Shabbat will guard the house of Adonai , where the king is.

Darby Translation
And the two parts of you, all those that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king.

George Lamsa Translation
And two parts of all you that go off duty on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD together with the kings house;

Good News Translation
The two groups that go off duty on the Sabbath are to stand guard at the Temple to protect the king.

Lexham English Bible
Two of the units among you, all who go on duty on the Sabbath, guard the post of the temple of Yahweh for the king.

Literal Translation
And two parts of you, all who go out on the sabbath, they shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But two partes of you all that go of on the Sabbath, shal kepe the watch in the house of the LORDE aboute the kinge

American Standard Version
And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king.

Bible in Basic English
And the two divisions of you, who go out on the Sabbath and keep the watch of the house of the Lord,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And two partes of you, that is, al that go out on the Sabbath day, shall keepe the watch of the house of the Lorde about the king.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the other two parts of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

King James Version (1611)
And two parts of all you, that goe foorth on the Sabbath, euen they shall keepe the watch of the house of the Lord about the King.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there shall be two parties among you, even every one that goes out on the Sabbath, and they shall keep the guard of the Lord’s house before the king.

English Revised Version
And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe twei partis of you alle goynge out in the sabat, kepe ye the wakyngis of the hows of the Lord aboute the kyng.

Young's Literal Translation
and two parts of you, all going out on the sabbath -- they have kept the charge of the house of Jehovah about the king,

Update Bible Version
And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh about the king.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 forth on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh about the king.

New King James Version
The two contingents of you who go off duty on the Sabbath shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD for the king.

New Living Translation
The other two units who are off duty on the Sabbath must stand guard for the king at the Lord 's Temple.

New Life Bible
And two parts of all of you who go out on the Day of Rest must keep watch over the house of the Lord for the king.

New Revised Standard
and your two divisions that come on duty in force on the sabbath and guard the house of the Lord

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, two parts of you, are all that are going out on the sabbath, - so shall ye keep the watch of the house of Yahweh, as touching the king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But let two parts of you all that go forth on the sabbath, keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.

Revised Standard Version
and the two divisions of you, which come on duty in force on the sabbath and guard the house of the LORD,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"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.

Contextual Overview

⁴ In the seventh year Jehoiada the high priest sent for the captains of the Carites and guards. He brought them together in the Lord 's Temple and made an agreement with them. There in the Temple of the Lord he forced them to make a promise. Then he showed the king's son to them. ⁵ Then Jehoiada gave them a command. He said, "This is what you must do. One-third of you, from those who go on duty on the Sabbath day, must stand guard at the royal palace. ⁶ Another third will be at the Sur Gate, and the other third will be at the gate behind the guard. This way you will stand guard over the palace on all sides. ⁷ Your two divisions who go off duty on the Sabbath day will stand guard at the Lord 's Temple and protect King Joash. ⁸ You must stay with him wherever he goes. The whole group must surround the king. Each guard must have his weapon in his hand, and you must kill anyone who comes too close to you." ⁹ The captains obeyed everything that Jehoiada the priest commanded. Each captain took his men, both those who were going on duty on the Sabbath day and those who were going off duty. All these men went to Jehoiada the priest, ¹⁰ and he gave spears and shields to the captains. These were the spears and shields David put in the Lord 's Temple. ¹¹ These guards stood with their weapons in their hands from the right corner of the Temple to the left corner. They stood around the altar and the Temple and around the king when he went to the Temple. ¹² These men brought out Joash. They put the crown on him and gave him a copy of the agreement. Then they anointed him and made him the new king. They clapped their hands and shouted, "Long live the king!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

parts: or, companies, Heb. hands

go forth: 2 Kings 11:5, 2 Chronicles 23:6

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:25 - seven

Cross-References

Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Now let's make humans who will be like us. They will rule over all the fish in the sea and the birds in the air. They will rule over all the large animals and all the little things that crawl on the earth."

Genesis 3:22
The Lord God said, "Look, the man has become like us—he knows about good and evil. And now the man might take the fruit from the tree of life. If the man eats that fruit, he will live forever."

Genesis 10:5
All the people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea came from these sons of Japheth. The people separated and went to different countries according to languages, families, and nations.

Genesis 10:20
All these people were descendants of Ham. They are arranged by families, languages, countries, and nations.

Genesis 10:32
This is the list of the families from Noah's sons. They are arranged according to their nations. From these families came all the people who spread across the earth after the flood.

Genesis 11:2
Then people began to move from the East. They found a plain in the land of Babylonia and stayed there to live.

Genesis 11:4
Then the people said, "Let's build ourselves a city and a tower that will reach to the sky. Then we will be famous. This will keep us together so that we will not be scattered all over the earth."

Genesis 11:5
Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower.

Genesis 11:11
After that Shem lived 500 years. He had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:12
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, his son Shelah was born.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath,.... The course that went out of service at the end of the sabbath; these were not suffered, not any of them, to go into the country, but were detained for the present purpose, and divided into two parts:

even they shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king, these were placed in the temple where the king was, or where he should be brought forth, and be a guard on his right and left; this interpretation seems to be agreeably to the order of the text here, and is the sense of Jarchi; but there is this objection to it, that, by such a distribution of both courses, no provision is made for the services of the temple; wherefore Dr. Lightfoot c divides them into six parts, each into three, one third of the course that came in for service, the other to keep the watch at the king's house, and the other third at the gate Sur; and the course that went out, one third of them was placed at the gate behind the guard, and the other two to keep the watch of the house for the king's safety; but according to the account in 2 Chronicles 23:4, there were but three ranks or orders of them in all; wherefore the sense of Kimchi, Ben Gersom, and Abarbinel, seems most agreeable, that the first consisted of those that went in on the sabbath, not of all, but half of them, the other half being employed in the service of the sanctuary; and the other two of the course that went out, even all of them, they being entirely at leisure, who were divided into two parts, and disposed of as above.

c Prospect of the Temple, c. 20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Five divisions of the guard under their five captains are distinguished here. Three of the five divisions “enter in” on the Sabbath; the other two “go forth” on the Sabbath 2 Kings 11:7. By the former phrase seems to be meant the mounting guard at the royal palace (the “king’s house,” where Athaliah then was); by the latter the serving of escort to the sovereign beyond the palace bounds. Jehoiada orders that of those whose business it would be to guard the palace on the ensuing Sabbath, one company or cohort should perform that task in the ordinary way, while another should watch the gate of Sur - or better, “the gate of the foundation” 2 Chronicles 23:5 - that by which the palace was usually quitted for the temple, and a third should watch another of the palace gates, called “the gate of the guard” (see 2 Kings 11:19). The two companies whose proper business it would be to serve as the royal escort beyond the palace walls, he orders to enter the temple, and surround the person of the young king.

2 Kings 11:6

That it be not broken down - The one word in the original text of which this is a translation occurs nowhere else; and its meaning is very doubtful.

2 Kings 11:8

Within the ranges - Rather, “within the ranks.” If anyone tried to break through the soldiers’ ranks to the king, or even to disturb their order, he was to be immediately slain.