2 Kings 11:4 - Tree of Life Version

⁴ Now in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains of the hundreds, of both the Carites and the guards, and had them come to him in the House of Adonai. After he cut a covenant with them and put them under oath in the House of Adonai, he showed them the king’s son.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ In the seventh year Jehoiada [the priest, Jehosheba's husband] sent for the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guards or runners and brought them to him to the house of the Lord and made a covenant with them and took an oath from them in the house of the Lord and showed them the king's [hidden] son.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and showed them the king’s son.

Common English Bible

⁴ But in the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of the Carites and of the guards and had them come to him at the LORD’s temple. He made a covenant with them, and made them swear a solemn pledge in the LORD’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Then, in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for and took centurions and soldiers, and he brought them to himself in the temple of the Lord. And he formed a pact with them. And taking an oath with them in the house of the Lord, he revealed to them the son of the king.

2 Kings 11:4 Cross References

Genesis 50:25

Then Joseph made Israel’s sons swear an oath saying, “When God takes notice of you, you will bring my bones up from here.”

2 Samuel 20:23

Now Joab remained over all the army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

2 Samuel 8:18

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David’s sons were chief ministers.

1 Kings 14:27

So King Rehoboam made in their place bronze shields and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, watching over the doorway of the royal palace.

1 Kings 18:10

As Adonai your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and when they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.

2 Kings 11:17

Then Jehoiada cut a covenant between Adonai and the king and the people—that they would be Adonai’s people—and also between the king and the people.

2 Kings 11:19

Then he took the captains over hundreds, the Carites, the guard, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the House of Adonai, and came by the way of the gate of the guards to the royal palace. So he sat on the royal throne.

2 Kings 11:3

He remained with her, hidden in the House of Adonai for six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the country.

2 Kings 11:9

So the captains of hundreds did all that Jehoiada the kohen commanded. Each of the captains took his men—those who were on duty on Shabbat and those who were off duty on Shabbat—and presented themselves to Jehoiada the kohen.

2 Kings 12:7

But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the kohanim still had not repaired the damage to the House.

2 Kings 23:3

Then the king stood by the pillar and cut a covenant before Adonai, to follow Adonai, keep His mitzvot, His laws and His decrees with all their heart and soul, in order to fulfill the words of this covenant that were written in this scroll. So all the people stood for the covenant.

1 Chronicles 9:13

and their kinsmen, heads of their clans 1,760 very able men for the work of avodah in the House of God.

2 Chronicles 15:12

They entered into a covenant to seek Adonai, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

2 Chronicles 29:10

“Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Adonai, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger may turn away from us.

Nehemiah 10:29

“Now the rest of the people —the kohanim, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands for the sake of the Torah of God, along with their wives, their sons and their daughters who were able to understand—

Nehemiah 5:12

Then they said, “We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I summoned the kohanim and I made them swear to do according to this promise.

Acts 5:24

When the captain of the Temple and the ruling kohanim heard these words, they were perplexed about them, wondering where this would lead.

Acts 5:26

Then the captain went off with the officers and brought the emissaries—but not with force, because they feared they might be stoned by the people.

Joshua 24:25

So Joshua cut a covenant with the people that day, and set for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan cut a covenant with David, because he loved him as himself.

1 Samuel 23:18

Again they cut a covenant before Adonai. David remained at Choresh, but Jonathan went home.