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2 Kings 11:4
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4 In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned[a] the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians[b] and the royal bodyguard.[c] He met with them[d] in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement[e] with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.

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  1. 2 Kings 11:4 tn Heb “Jehoiada sent and took.”
  2. 2 Kings 11:4 sn The Carians were apparently a bodyguard, probably comprised of foreigners. See HALOT 497 s.v. כָּרִי and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 126.
  3. 2 Kings 11:4 tn Heb “the runners.”
  4. 2 Kings 11:4 tn Heb “he brought them to himself.”
  5. 2 Kings 11:4 tn Or “covenant.”
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