2 Kings 11:8 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

You shall surround the [little] king, every man with his weapons in his hand. And let anyone who breaks through the ranks be put to death. You be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Surround the king completely, each of you with your weapons drawn. Whoever comes near your ranks must be killed. Stay near the king wherever he goes.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And you shall surround him, having weapons in your hands. But if anyone will have entered the precinct of the temple, let him be killed. And you shall be with the king, entering and departing."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And you shall compass him round about, having weapons in your hands. And if any man shall enter the precinct of the temple let him be slain: and you shall be with the king, coming in and going out.

2 Kings 11:8 Cross References

2 Kings 11:15

But Jehoi´ada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges; and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 11:7

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.

2 Chronicles 23:7

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.

Exodus 21:14

But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

Numbers 27:16

Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

Numbers 27:17

which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.