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But during the seventh year of her reign,[a] Jehoiada went out and called together the rulers of hundreds, the captains, and the guards, and assembled them together inside the Lord’s Temple. He made a covenant with them, making them take an oath in the Lord’s Temple, and then he revealed the king’s son to them. He ordered them:

“Here’s what we’ll do: A third of you will enter here on this coming[b] Sabbath dressed[c] as guardians of the watch for the king’s palace, with a third of you at the Sur gate, and a third at the gate behind the guards. Keep watch over the palace[d] and defend it.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:4 The Heb. lacks of her reign
  2. 2 Kings 11:5 The Heb. lacks this coming
  3. 2 Kings 11:5 The Heb. lacks dressed
  4. 2 Kings 11:6 Or Temple; Lit. house