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2 Kings 11:4-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Kings 11:4-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jehoiada Anoints the Child Joash
4 But in the seventh year Jehoiada summoned the captains of the Carites and of the guards and had them come to him in the house of the Lord. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the Lord; then he showed them the king’s son.(A) 5 He commanded them, “This is what you are to do: one-third of you, those who go off duty on the Sabbath and guard the king’s house(B) 6 (another third being at the gate Sur and a third at the gate behind the guards), shall guard the palace,
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