So he was kept hidden with her in the house of the Lord for six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land.

(A)Now in the seventh year Jehoiada sent orders and brought the captains of hundreds of (B)the Carites and of the [a]guards, and brought them to himself at the house of the Lord. Then he made a covenant with them and put them under oath at the house of the Lord, and showed them the king’s son. And he commanded them, saying, “This is the thing that you shall do: (C)a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath and keep watch over the king’s house

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:4 Lit runners

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