2 Kings 11:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ and your two divisions that come on duty in force on the Sabbath and guard the house of the Lord

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And two divisions of all you who should go off duty on the Sabbath shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord to [protect] the king.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king.

Common English Bible

⁷ You who are in the first two groups that usually go off duty on the Sabbath should also guard the LORD’s temple to protect the king.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Yet truly, let two parts of you, all who depart on the Sabbath, keep watch over the house of the Lord concerning the king.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ But let two parts of you, all that go forth on the sabbath, keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.

2 Kings 11:7 Cross References

2 Kings 11:5

He commanded them, “This is what you are to do: one-third of you, those who go off duty on the Sabbath and guard the king’s house

2 Kings 11:6

(another third being at the gate Sur and a third at the gate behind the guards), shall guard the palace,

2 Kings 11:8

shall surround the king, each with weapons in hand, and whoever approaches the ranks is to be killed. Be with the king in his comings and goings.”

1 Chronicles 9:25

and their kindred who were in their villages were obliged to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with them,

2 Chronicles 23:6

Do not let anyone enter the house of the Lord except the priests and ministering Levites; they may enter, for they are holy, but all the other people shall observe the instructions of the Lord.