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2 Kings 11:9

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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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

KJV

And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

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This verse in 2 Kings 11

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

David had divided the priests into courses, which waited by turns. Every sabbath-day morning a new company came into waiting, but the company of the foregoing week did not go out of waiting till the sabbath evening, so that on the sabbath day, when double service was to be done, there was a double number to do it, both those that were to come in and those that were to go out.

This site's exposition

keep the watch of the house

on 2 Kings 11:7-9

The other two-thirds, who would ordinarily go off duty, stay instead to ring the king himself, a wall of armed men across the width of the temple court with orders to kill anyone who breaks the ranks. Every captain does exactly as Jehoiada commanded, and the narrator gives the plot's execution in one sentence of compliance, no hesitation recorded on either side. The coup's success rests on discipline kept inside a priesthood, not on a battle fought in the open.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded,.... Of whom see 2Ki 11:4. and they took every man his men; everyone his hundred: that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath; both the courses, of which see 2Ki 11:5. and came to Jehoiada the priest; with the said courses, at least as many of them as were to be employed in the present service.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֞וּand they did

    vaiyaasuH6213 →2628 times

  • שָׂרֵ֣י[the] commanders of

    sareiH8269 →421 times

  • הַמֵּא֗וֹתthe hundreds

    hameyotH3967 →581 times

  • כְּכֹ֣לaccording to all

    kekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • צִוָּה֮he commanded

    tzivahH6680 →494 times

  • יְהוֹיָדָ֣עJehoiada

    yehoyada'H3077 →51 times

  • הַכֹּהֵן֒the priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • וַיִּקְחוּ֙and they took

    vaiyikchuH3947 →966 times

  • אִ֣ישׁeach

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֲנָשָׁ֔יוmen his

    ʾanashavH582 →566 times

  • בָּאֵ֣י[those who] came

    baeiH935 →2568 times

  • הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת<of> the sabbath

    hashabatH7676 →110 times

  • עִ֖םwith

    ʾimH5973 →1050 times

  • יֹצְאֵ֣י[those who] went out

    yotzeeiH3318 →1067 times

  • הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת<of> the sabbath

    hashabatH7676 →110 times

  • וַיָּבֹ֖אוּand they came

    vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יְהוֹיָדָ֥עJehoiada

    yehoyada'H3077 →51 times

  • הַכֹּהֵֽן׃the priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 11:4Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son4 works2 Chronicles 23:8So the Levites and all Judah 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—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.3 works1 Chronicles 26:26This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.2 works1 Chronicles 12:27including Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men,2 works1 Chronicles 9:19Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Kings 11:4

    Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 11:19

      He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the…

    • 2 Kings 11:17

      Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

    • 2 Chronicles 15:12

      Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

    • 1 Chronicles 9:13

      and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

    • Joshua 24:25

      On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 23:8

    So the Levites and all Judah 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—for Jehoiada the priest…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 24:1–26

      These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 26:26

    This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and…

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 8:11

      and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—

    • 1 Chronicles 29:2–9

      Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for…

About 2 Kings

The Death of Athaliah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Athaliah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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