2 Kings 11:7

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 11:5 : 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye 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;
  • 2 Chr 23:6 : 6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

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  • 2 Kgs 11:5-6
    2 verses
    86%

    5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye 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 ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

  • 83%

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

    10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

    11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

  • 2 Chr 23:4-8
    5 verses
    79%

    4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;

    5 And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.

    6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

    7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

    8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

  • Neh 7:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

    3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be oped until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every o in his watch, and every o to be over against his house.

  • 11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.

  • 11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.

  • 28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

  • 24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

  • 22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every o with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

  • 23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

  • 12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

  • 19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

  • Jer 17:19-22
    4 verses
    72%

    19 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of usalem;

    20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of usalem, that enter in by these gates:

    21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of usalem;

    22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

  • 19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be oped till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

  • 10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.

  • 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

  • 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

  • 16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

  • 16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward busiss of the house of God.

  • 6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

  • 27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

  • 11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.

  • 2 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:

  • 35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernac of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.

  • 11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

  • 45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

  • 2 Stand in the gate of the LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.

  • 14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

  • 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

  • 19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.

  • 18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

  • 11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.

  • 7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her paces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

  • 14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

  • 8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

  • 5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

  • 27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of usalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of usalem, and it shall not be quenched.

  • 27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: