2 Kings 11:8

Good News Translation

You are to guard King Joash with drawn swords and stay with him wherever he goes. Anyone who comes near you is to be killed.”

Cross References

2 Kings 11:15

Jehoiada did not want Athaliah killed in the Temple area, so he ordered the army officers: “Take her out between the rows of guards, and kill anyone who tries to rescue her.”

2 Kings 11:7

The two groups that go off duty on the Sabbath are to stand guard at the Temple to protect the king.

2 Chronicles 23:7

The Levites are to stand guard around the king, with their swords drawn, and are to stay with the king wherever he goes. Anyone who tries to enter the Temple is to be killed.”

Exodus 21:14

But when someone gets angry and deliberately kills someone else, he is to be put to death, even if he has run to my altar for safety.

Numbers 27:16

“Lord God, source of all life, appoint, I pray, a man who can lead the people

Numbers 27:17

and can command them in battle, so that your community will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”