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Two[a] of you who enter here on this coming[b] Sabbath are to stand watch at the Lord’s Temple, guarding the king and surrounding him with weapons in hand. Whoever comes within range is to be killed. Stay with the king wherever he goes, coming or going.”

So the captains of hundreds did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one of them assembled his men who were to enter on the Sabbath, along with those who were to leave on the Sabbath, and approached Jehoiada the priest.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:7 Lit. Two hands
  2. 2 Kings 11:7 The Heb. lacks this coming