2 Kings 11:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The two units who are off duty on the Sabbath will guard the LORD’s temple and protect the king.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 11:5 : 5 He ordered them,“This is what you must do. One third of the unit that is on duty during the Sabbath will guard the royal palace.
  • 2 Chr 23:6 : 6 No one must enter the LORD’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the LORD.

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  • 2 Kgs 11:5-6
    2 verses
    86%

    5He ordered them,“This is what you must do. One third of the unit that is on duty during the Sabbath will guard the royal palace.

    6Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. You will take turns guarding the palace.

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

    8You must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever approaches your ranks must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.”

    9The officers of the units of hundreds did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath, and reported to Jehoiada the priest.

    10The priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and the shields that were kept in the LORD’s temple.

    11The royal bodyguard took their stations, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king.

  • 2 Chr 23:4-8
    5 verses
    79%

    4This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors.

    5Another third of you will be stationed at the royal palace and still another third at the Foundation Gate. All the others will stand in the courtyards of the LORD’s temple.

    6No one must enter the LORD’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the LORD.

    7The Levites must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever tries to enter the temple must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.”

    8The Levites and all the men of Judah did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath. Jehoiada the priest did not release his divisions from their duties.

  • Neh 7:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2I then put in charge over Jerusalem my brother Hanani and Hananiah the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do.

    3I said to them,“The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened in the early morning, until those who are standing guard close the doors and lock them. Position residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their guard stations and some near their homes.”

  • 2 Chr 12:11
    76%

    11Whenever the king visited the LORD’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

  • 2 Kgs 7:11
    75%

    11The gatekeepers relayed the news to the royal palace.

  • 1 Kgs 14:28
    74%

    28Whenever the king visited the LORD’s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

  • Jer 17:24
    73%

    24The LORD says,‘You must make sure to obey me. You must not bring any loads through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day. You must set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not do any work on that day.

  • Neh 4:22
    73%

    22At that time I instructed the people,“Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.”

  • 1 Chr 9:23
    72%

    23They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the LORD’s sanctuary(that is, the tabernacle).

  • 1 Chr 26:12
    72%

    12These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had assigned responsibilities, like their relatives, as they served in the LORD’s temple.

  • 2 Chr 17:19
    72%

    19These were the ones who served the king, besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

  • Jer 17:19-22
    4 verses
    72%

    19Observance of the Sabbath Day Is a Key to the Future The LORD told me,“Go and stand in the People’s Gate through which the kings of Judah enter and leave the city. Then go and stand in all the other gates of the city of Jerusalem.

    20And then announce to them,‘Listen to the LORD’s message, you kings of Judah, and everyone from Judah, and all you citizens of Jerusalem, those who pass through these gates.

    21The LORD says,‘Be very careful if you value your lives! Do not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

    22Do not carry any loads out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day. But observe the Sabbath day as a day set apart to the LORD, as I commanded your ancestors.

  • Neh 13:19
    72%

    19When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

  • 2 Chr 23:10
    72%

    10He placed the men at their posts, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king.

  • Ezra 8:29
    71%

    29Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, in the storerooms of the temple of the LORD.

  • Isa 62:6
    71%

    6I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the LORD, don’t be silent!

  • Neh 4:16
    71%

    16From that day forward, half of my men were doing the work and half of them were taking up spears, shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people of Judah

  • Neh 11:16
    71%

    16Shabbethai and Jozabad, leaders of the Levites, were in charge of the external work for the temple of God;

  • Isa 21:6
    71%

    6For this is what the Lord has told me:“Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.

  • 1 Chr 9:27
    71%

    27They would spend the night in their posts all around God’s sanctuary, for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning.

  • 2 Chr 19:11
    70%

    11Take note, Amariah the chief priest will oversee you in every matter pertaining to the LORD and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in every matter pertaining to the king. The Levites will serve as officials before you. Act courageously! And may the LORD be with those who do well!”

  • Jer 22:2
    70%

    2Say:‘Listen, O king of Judah who follows in David’s succession. You, your officials, and your subjects who pass through the gates of this palace must listen to the LORD’s message.

  • Lev 8:35
    70%

    35You must reside at the entrance of the Meeting Tent day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the LORD so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”

  • Jer 21:11
    70%

    11Warnings to the Royal Court The LORD told me to say to the royal court of Judah,“Listen to the LORD’s message,

  • Neh 12:45
    70%

    45They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and his son Solomon.

  • Jer 7:2
    70%

    2“Stand in the gate of the LORD’s temple and proclaim this message:‘Listen to the LORD’s message, all you people of Judah who have passed through these gates to worship the LORD.

  • Ezek 44:14
    70%

    14Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all of its service and all that will be done in it.

  • Ezek 46:3
    70%

    3The people of the land will bow down at the entrance of that gate before the LORD on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.

  • 2 Chr 23:19
    70%

    19He posted guards at the gates of the LORD’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

  • 2 Kgs 25:18
    70%

    18The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah, the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers.

  • Ezek 44:11
    70%

    11Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them.

  • Lam 2:7
    70%

    7ז(Zayin) The Lord rejected his altar and abhorred his temple. He handed over to the enemy her palace walls; the enemy shouted in the LORD’s temple as if it were a feast day.

  • 2 Chr 8:14
    70%

    14As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.

  • Isa 22:8
    69%

    8They removed the defenses of Judah. At that time you looked for the weapons in the House of the Forest.

  • Nah 2:5
    69%

    5The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.

  • Jer 17:27
    69%

    27But you must obey me and set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. If you disobey, I will set the gates of Jerusalem on fire. It will burn down all the fortified dwellings in Jerusalem and no one will be able to put it out.’”

  • Ezra 7:27
    69%

    27Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the LORD which is in Jerusalem!