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Two of the units among you, all who go on duty on the Sabbath,[a] guard the post of the temple of Yahweh for the king. 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.”[b]

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[c] and those who came on duty on the Sabbath,[d] and they came to Jehoiada the priest.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:7 Literally “the going out of the Sabbath”
  2. 2 Kings 11:8 Literally “when he goes out and when he comes”
  3. 2 Kings 11:9 Literally “the coming of the Sabbath”
  4. 2 Kings 11:9 Literally “the going out of the Sabbath”