2 Kings 11:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The other two guard units are supposed to be off duty on the Sabbath. But I want both of them to stay here at the temple and protect King Joash.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:5

and said to them: Here's what I want you to do. Three of your guard units will be on duty on the Sabbath. I want one unit to guard the palace.

2 Kings 11:6

Another unit will guard Sur Gate, and the third unit will guard the palace gate and relieve the palace guards.

2 Kings 11:8

Make sure they follow him wherever he goes, and tell them to keep their swords ready to kill anyone who tries to get near him.

1 Chronicles 9:25

Their assistants lived in the villages outside the city, and every seven days a group of them would come into the city and take their turn at guard duty.

2 Chronicles 23:6

Only the priests and Levites who are on duty will be able to enter the temple, because they will be the only ones who have gone through the ceremony to make themselves clean and acceptable. The others must stay outside in the courtyards, just as the LORD has commanded.