2 Kings 11:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Another third shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third at the gate behind the guard: so you shall watch over the house, to ensure it is not broken into.

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  • 1 Chr 26:13-19 : 13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate. 14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. 15 To Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons, the house of Asuppim. 16 To Shuppim and Hosah, the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, guard opposite guard. 17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two by two. 18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar. 19 These are the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Kore and among the sons of Merari.
  • 2 Chr 23:4-5 : 4 This is what you shall do: A third part of you entering on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be gatekeepers 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.

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  • 2 Kgs 11:7-8
    2 verses
    86%

    7Two divisions of you who go off duty on the Sabbath shall guard the house of the LORD around the king.

    8You shall encircle the king, each with his weapons in hand, and whoever comes within the ranks, let him be killed. Stay with the king as he comes out and goes in.

  • 2 Kgs 11:5
    84%

    5He commanded them, saying, 'This is what you will do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the king's house.

  • 2 Chr 23:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

    4This is what you shall do: A third part of you entering on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be gatekeepers of the doors;

    5And 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.

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

  • Neh 7:3
    79%

    3And I said to them, Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they are standing by, let them shut and bar the doors: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one opposite his house.

  • 1 Chr 26:12
    74%

    12Among these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, even among the chief men, having duties one against another, to serve in the house of the LORD.

  • Ezek 40:10
    73%

    10In the eastern gateway were three gate chambers on one side and three on the other; the three were of the same size, and the posts had the same size on this side and that.

  • 2 Kgs 11:11
    73%

    11The guard stood, each with his weapons in hand, surrounding the king from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, by the altar and the temple.

  • 2 Kgs 7:11
    73%

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

  • 1 Chr 9:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23They and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by divisions.

    24The gatekeepers were in four quarters: east, west, north, and south.

  • Neh 3:6
    72%

    6Moreover the old gate was repaired by Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars.

  • 2 Chr 12:11
    71%

    11And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them and brought them back into the guard chamber.

  • Isa 22:10
    71%

    10And you have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses you have broken down to fortify the wall.

  • Isa 21:6
    71%

    6For the Lord has said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.

  • Neh 3:29
    71%

    29After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer opposite his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.

  • 2 Chr 23:19
    71%

    19And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, that no one who was unclean in any way should enter.

  • Neh 13:19
    70%

    19So it was, at the gates of Jerusalem as it began to be dark before the Sabbath, that I commanded the gates to be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath. Then I stationed some of my servants at the gates, so that no burdens would be brought in on the Sabbath day.

  • 2 Kgs 25:18
    70%

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

  • Jer 17:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

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

    20And say to them, Hear the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:

  • Neh 4:22
    70%

    22At the same time I also said to the people, Let every man and his servant stay at night in Jerusalem, that they may be a guard to us by night, and a labor force by day.

  • Neh 12:39
    70%

    39And from above the Gate of Ephraim, and above the Old Gate, and above the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of Meah, even to the Sheep Gate, and they stopped at the Prison Gate.

  • Neh 4:16
    70%

    16And it came to pass from that time on, that half of my servants did the work, and the other half held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the armor; and the leaders stood behind all the house of Judah.

  • Amos 6:11
    70%

    11For behold, the LORD commands, and He will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

  • Isa 28:6
    70%

    6And for a spirit of judgment to him who sits in judgment, and for strength to those who turn the battle to the gate.

  • Isa 62:6
    70%

    6I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never be silent day or night: you who remind the LORD, do not keep silent,

  • Ezek 46:3
    70%

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

  • Ezek 46:1
    69%

    1Thus says the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be closed the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

  • Neh 11:19
    69%

    19Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren who kept the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.

  • 1 Chr 9:26-27
    2 verses
    69%

    26For these Levites, the four chief gatekeepers, had been appointed over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

    27They stayed around the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and they had the duty of opening it every morning.

  • Neh 6:10
    69%

    10Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you.

  • Ezek 40:45
    69%

    45Then he said to me, "This chamber which faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple.

  • 1 Kgs 14:28
    69%

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

  • Ezek 44:2
    69%

    2Then the LORD said to me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it, therefore it shall be shut.

  • Jer 52:24
    69%

    24And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

  • Neh 12:25
    69%

    25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the thresholds of the gates.

  • 1 Chr 9:18
    68%

    18They previously served in the king's gate to the east. They were gatekeepers for the camps of the Levites.

  • 2 Kgs 22:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5And let them deliver it into the hand of those who do the work, who have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to those who do the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

    6To carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and cut stone to repair the house.

  • 1 Kgs 6:8
    68%

    8The door for the middle chamber was on the right side of the house; and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and from the middle into the third.

  • 1 Chr 26:18
    68%

    18At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

  • Ezek 41:6
    68%

    6And the side chambers were three, one above another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall of the house for the side chambers all around, that they might have hold, but they did not hold in the wall of the house.

  • Nah 2:5
    68%

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

  • Neh 3:26
    68%

    26Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that protrudes.

  • Ezek 40:48
    68%

    48Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the doorposts of the vestibule, five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and the width of the gateway was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.

  • Ezek 41:17
    68%

    17To that above the door, even to the inner house, and outside, and by all the wall all around inside and outside, by measure.