2 Kings 11:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing you shall do: a third of you who come in on the Sabbath shall keep watch of the king's house,

American Standard Version (1901)

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;

Common English Bible

⁵ He commanded them, “This is what you must do: A third of you coming on sabbath duty will guard the palace,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And he commanded them, saying: "This is the word that you must do.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And he commanded them, saying: This is the thing that you must do.

2 Kings 11:5 Cross References

1 Kings 10:5

and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

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 11:6

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.

2 Kings 16:18

And the covered way for the sabbath, that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he unto the house of the LORD, because of the king of Assyria.

1 Chronicles 23:32

and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service of the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 9:25

And their brethren, and their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:

Jeremiah 26:10

And when the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house.