2 Kings 11:5
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
In context
3 And Joash remained hidden with his nurse in the house of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
4 Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
5 and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
6 a third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple—
7 the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.
2 Kings 11:5 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
- KJV King James Version
- 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;
- WEB World English Bible
- He commanded them, saying, “This is what you must do: a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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;
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and commandeth them, saying, 'This [is] the thing that ye do; The third of you [are] going in on the sabbath, and keepers of the charge of the house of the king,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he commanded them saying, This is the thing which 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;
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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;