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And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the [a]Carites and of the [b]guard, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and showed them the king’s son. And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house; and a third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:4 Or, executioners
  2. 2 Kings 11:4 Hebrew runners.