7And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.


In Context

4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son.

5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall you keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

8 And you shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that comes within the ranges, let him be slain: and be you with the king as he goes out and as he comes in.

9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

2 Kings 11:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:7and you who are in the other two companies that normally go off Sabbath duty are all to guard the temple for the king.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:7And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:7But let two parts of you, all that go forth on the sabbath, keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:7And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7And the two parts of you, all those that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:7And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7The two companies of you, even all who go out on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh around the king.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7and two parts of you, all going out on the sabbath — they have kept the charge of the house of Jehovah about the king,