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You must surround the king all about, each with his weapon in his hand; whoever comes to the ranks must be killed. Be with the king wherever he goes.”[a]

So the commanders of hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and each took his men who went off duty on the Sabbath[b] and those who came on duty on the Sabbath,[c] and they came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 Then the priest gave to the commanders of the hundreds spears and small round shields which were King David’s, which were in the temple of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:8 Literally “when he goes out and when he comes”
  2. 2 Kings 11:9 Literally “the coming of the Sabbath”
  3. 2 Kings 11:9 Literally “the going out of the Sabbath”