2 Kings 11:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And a third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A third shall be at the gate Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guard. So you shall keep watch of the palace [from three places] and be a barrier.

American Standard Version (1901)

and a third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.

Common English Bible

a second third will be at the Sur Gate, and the final third will be at the gate behind the guards. You will take turns guarding the temple.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Let one third part of you enter on the Sabbath, and keep watch on the house of the king. And let one third part be at the gate of Sur. And let one third part be at the gate behind the dwelling place of the shield bearers. And you shall keep the watch on the house of Mesha.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Let a third part of you go in on the sabbath, and keep the watch of the king's house. And let a third part be at the gate of Sur. And let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shieldbearers. And you shall keep the watch of the house of Messa.

2 Kings 11:6 Cross References

2 Kings 11:19

And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

2 Kings 11:5

And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

2 Kings 11:7

And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.