2 Kings 11:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the two divisions of you, who go out on the Sabbath and keep the watch of the house of the Lord,

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 11:5 : 5 And he gave them orders, saying, This is what you are to do: the third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath and keep the watch of the king's house,
  • 2 Chr 23:6 : 6 But let no one come into the house of the Lord but only the priests and those of the Levites who have work to do there; they may go in for they are holy; but the rest of the people are to keep the orders of the Lord.

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  • 2 Kgs 11:5-6
    2 verses
    86%

    5And he gave them orders, saying, This is what you are to do: the third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath and keep the watch of the king's house,

    6...

  • 2 Kgs 11:8-11
    4 verses
    83%

    8Will make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and whoever comes inside your lines is to be put to death; keep with the king, when he goes out and when he comes in.

    9And the captains of hundreds did as Jehoiada the priest gave them orders; every one took with him his men, those who came in and those who went out on the Sabbath, and they came in to Jehoiada the priest.

    10And the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and body-covers which had been King David's, and which were kept in the house of the Lord.

    11Then the armed men took up their positions, every man with his instruments of war in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left, round about the altar and the house.

  • 2 Chr 23:4-8
    5 verses
    79%

    4This is what you are to do: let a third of you, of the priests and Levites, who come in on the Sabbath, keep the doors;

    5And a third are to be stationed at the king's house; and a third at the doorway of the horses: while all the people are waiting in the open spaces round the house of the Lord.

    6But let no one come into the house of the Lord but only the priests and those of the Levites who have work to do there; they may go in for they are holy; but the rest of the people are to keep the orders of the Lord.

    7And the Levites are to make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and any man who comes into the house is to be put to death; you are to keep with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.

    8So the Levites and all Judah did as Jehoiada the priest had given them orders: every one took with him his men, those who were to come in and those who were to go out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada had not sent away the divisions.

  • Neh 7:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2I made my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the ruler of the tower, responsible for the government of Jerusalem: for he was a man of good faith, fearing God more than most.

    3And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.

  • 2 Chr 12:11
    76%

    11And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.

  • 2 Kgs 7:11
    75%

    11Then the door-keepers, crying out, gave the news to those inside the king's house.

  • 1 Kgs 14:28
    74%

    28And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.

  • Jer 17:24
    73%

    24And it will be, that if with all care you give ear to me, says the Lord, and take no weight through the doorways of this town on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work in it;

  • Neh 4:22
    73%

    22And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.

  • 1 Chr 9:23
    72%

    23So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.

  • 1 Chr 26:12
    72%

    12Of these were the divisions of the door-keepers, men of authority, having responsible positions like their brothers to be servants in the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 17:19
    72%

    19These were the men who were waiting on the king, in addition to those placed by the king in the walled towns through all Judah.

  • Jer 17:19-22
    4 verses
    72%

    19This is what the Lord has said to me: Go and take your place in the doorway of Benjamin, where the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the doorways of Jerusalem;

    20And say to them, Give ear to the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all the people of Jerusalem who come in by these doors:

    21This is what the Lord has said: See to yourselves, that you take up no weight on the Sabbath day, or take it in through the doors of Jerusalem;

    22And take no weight out of your houses on the Sabbath day, or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I gave orders to your fathers;

  • Neh 13:19
    72%

    19And so, when the streets of Jerusalem were getting dark before the Sabbath, I gave orders for the doors to be shut and not to be open again till after the Sabbath: and I put some of my servants by the door so that nothing might be taken in on the Sabbath day.

  • 2 Chr 23:10
    72%

    10And he put all the people in position, every man with his instruments of war in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left, by the altar and the house and all round the king.

  • Ezra 8:29
    71%

    29Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of the Lord.

  • Isa 62:6
    71%

    6I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,

  • Neh 4:16
    71%

    16And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.

  • Neh 11:16
    71%

    16And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were responsible for the outside business of the house of God;

  • Isa 21:6
    71%

    6For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:

  • 1 Chr 9:27
    71%

    27Their sleeping-rooms were round the house of God, for they had the care of it, and were responsible for opening it morning by morning.

  • 2 Chr 19:11
    70%

    11And now, Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all questions to do with the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the head of the family of Judah, in everything to do with the king's business; and the Levites will be overseers for you. Be strong to do the work; and may the Lord be with the upright.

  • Jer 22:2
    70%

    2And say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, seated on the seat of David, you and your servants and your people who come in by these doors.

  • Lev 8:35
    70%

    35And you are to keep watch for the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting day and night for seven days, so that death may not come to you: for so he has given me orders.

  • Jer 21:11
    70%

    11About the family of the king of Judah. Give ear to the word of the Lord;

  • Neh 12:45
    70%

    45And they kept the watch of their God, and were responsible for making things clean, and so did the music-makers and the door-keepers, as it was ordered by David and Solomon his son.

  • Jer 7:2
    70%

    2Take your place in the doorway of the Lord's house, and give out this word there, and say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who come inside these doors to give worship to the Lord.

  • Ezek 44:14
    70%

    14But I will make them responsible for the care of the house and all its work and everything which is done in it.

  • Ezek 46:3
    70%

    3And the people of the land are to give worship at the door of that doorway before the Lord on the Sabbaths and at the new moons.

  • 2 Chr 23:19
    70%

    19And he put door-keepers at the doors of the Lord's house, to see that no one who was unclean in any way might come in.

  • 2 Kgs 25:18
    70%

    18And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;

  • Ezek 44:11
    70%

    11But they may be caretakers in my holy place, and overseers at the doors of the house, doing the work of the house: they will put to death the burned offering and the beasts offered for the people, and they will take their place before them as their servants.

  • Lam 2:7
    70%

    7The Lord has given up his altar and has been turned in hate from his holy place; he has given up into the hands of the attacker the walls of her great houses: their voices have been loud in the house of the Lord as in the day of a holy meeting.

  • 2 Chr 8:14
    70%

    14And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.

  • Isa 22:8
    69%

    8He took away the cover of Judah; and in that day you were looking with care at the store of arms in the house of the woods.

  • Nah 2:5
    69%

    5The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.

  • Jer 17:27
    69%

    27But if you do not give ear to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and to let no weight be lifted and taken through the doors of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: then I will put a fire in its doorways, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem, and it will never be put out.

  • Ezra 7:27
    69%

    27Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;