2 Kings 11:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever approaches the ranks is to be slain. Be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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

⁸ 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)

⁸ 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

⁸ 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

⁸ 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

⁸ 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

Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains who were set over the army, “Bring her out between the ranks; and slay with the sword any one who follows her.” For the priest said, “Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.”

2 Kings 11:7

and the two divisions of you, which come on duty in force on the sabbath and guard the house of the Lord,

2 Chronicles 23:7

The Levites shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever enters the house shall be slain. Be with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out.”

Exodus 21:14

But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him treacherously, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

Numbers 27:16

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

Numbers 27:17

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