2 Kings 11 · Verse 4

2 Kings 11:4

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.
2 Kings 11:4, King James Version

2 Kings 11:4 in other translations

BSBThen 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
WEBIn 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 LORD’s house; and he made a covenant with them, and made a covenant with them in the LORD’s house, and showed them the king’s son.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd in the seventh year hath Jehoiada sent and taketh the heads of the hundreds, of the executioners and of the runners, and bringeth them in unto him, to the house of Jehovah, and maketh with them a covenant, and causeth them to swear in the house of Jehovah, and sheweth them the son of the king,
DARBYAnd in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains of the hundreds, of the bodyguard and the couriers, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and shewed them the king's son.
BBEThen in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the captains of hundreds of the Carians, and the armed men, and taking them into the house of the Lord, made an agreement with them, and made them take an oath in the house of the Lord, and let them see the king's son.
WebsterAnd in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and took 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 showed them the king's son.

What does 2 Kings 11:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. the seventh year--namely, of the reign of Athaliah, and the rescue of Jehoash. Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers, &c.--He could scarcely have obtained such a general convocation except at the time, or on pretext, of a public and solemn festival. Having revealed to them the secret of the young king's preservation and entered into a covenant with them for the overthrow of the tyrant, he then arranged with them the plan and time of carrying their plot into execution (see on 2Ch 22:10-23:21). The conduct of Jehoiada, who acted the leading and chief part in this conspiracy, admits of an easy and full justification; for, while Athaliah was a usurper, and belonged to a race destined by divine denunciation to destruction, even his own wife had a better and stronger claim to the throne; the sovereignty of Judah had been divinely appropriated to the family of David, and therefore the young prince on whom it was proposed to confer the crown, possessed an inherent right to it, of which a usurper could not deprive him. Moreover, Jehoiada was most probably the high priest, whose official duty it was to watch over the due execution of God's laws, and who in his present movement, was encouraged and aided by the countenance and support of the chief authorities, both civil and ecclesiastical, in the country. In addition to all these considerations, he seems to have been directed by an impulse of the Divine Spirit, through the counsels and exhortations of the prophets of the time. 2Ki 11:13-16. Athaliah Slain.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent - He had certainly sounded them all, and brought them into the interests of the young king, before this time; the plot having been laid, and now ripe for execution, he brings the chief officers of the army and those of the body guard into the temple, and there binds them by an oath of secrecy, and shows them the king's son, in whose behalf they are to rise.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 11:1-12

Athaliah destroyed all she knew to be akin to the crown. Jehoash, one of the king's sons, was hid. Now was the promise made to David bound up in one life only, and yet it did not fail. Thus to the Son of David, the Lord, according to his promise, will secure a spiritual seed, hidden sometimes, and unseen, but hidden in God's pavilion, and unhurt. Six years Athaliah tyrannized. Then the king was brought forward. A…

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2 Kings 11:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבַשָּׁנָ֣הu.va.sha.Nahand in the yearH8141
הַ֠שְּׁבִיעִיתHa.she.vi.'it<the> seventhH7637
שָׁלַ֨חsha.Lachhe sentH7971
יְהוֹיָדָ֜עye.ho.ya.Da'JehoiadaH3077
וַיִּקַּ֣ח\׀vai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שָׂרֵ֣יsa.Rei[the] commanders ofH8269
הַמֵּא֗וֹתha.me.yotthe hundredsH3967
לַכָּרִי֙la.ka.Riof the Carian[s]H3746
וְלָ֣רָצִ֔יםve.La.ra.Tzimand of the runnersH7323
וַיָּבֵ֥אvai.ya.Ve'and he broughtH935
אֹתָ֛ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
אֵלָ֖יו'e.Lavto himselfH413
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיִּכְרֹת֩vai.yikh.Rotand he madeH3772
לָהֶ֨םla.Hemto them
בְּרִ֜יתbe.Rita covenantH1285
וַיַּשְׁבַּ֤עvai.yash.Ba'and he made to swear an oathH7650
אֹתָם֙'o.Tamwith themH854
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veitin [the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיַּ֥רְאvai.Yar'and he showedH7200
אֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ\׃ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428

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Cross references for 2 Kings 11:4

  • 2 Kings 11:19

    And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

  • 2 Kings 11:9

    And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:12

    And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

  • 2 Kings 11:17

    And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord’s people; between the king also and the people.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:10

    Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:13

    And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

  • Acts 5:26

    Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

  • 1 Samuel 18:3

    Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

  • Genesis 50:25

    And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

  • 1 Kings 18:10

    As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

  • Nehemiah 10:29

    They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

  • Joshua 24:25

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3126. B.C. 878. the seventh.
2Ch 23:1-15
rulers.
9; 1Ch 9:13
the captains.
Ac 5:24,26
made a covenant.
17; 23:3; Jos 24:25; 1Sa 18:3; 23:18; 2Ch 15:12; 29:10; 34:31,32
Ne 9:38
took an oath.
Ge 50:25; 1Ki 18:10; Ne 5:12; 10:29

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Context

  • 2 Kings 11:3

    And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

  • 2 Kings 11:4

    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.

  • 2 Kings 11:5

    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;

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2 Kings 11:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas al séptimo año envió Joiada, y tomó centuriones, capitanes, y gente de la guardia, y metiólos consigo en la casa de Jehová: é hizo con ellos liga, juramentándolos en la casa de Jehová; y mostróles al hijo del rey.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et la septième année, Jehoïada envoya, et prit les chefs de centaines des gardes et des coureurs; et il les fit entrer vers lui dans la maison de l’ Éternel, et fit un pacte avec eux et les fit jurer dans la maison de l’ Éternel, et leur montra le fils du roi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und im siebten Jahre sandte Jojada hin und ließ die Obersten über hundert der Karier und der Läufer holen und zu sich in das Haus Jehovas kommen; und er machte einen Bund mit ihnen und ließ sie schwören im Hause Jehovas, und er zeigte ihnen den Sohn des Königs.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Anno autem septimo misit Jojada, et assumens centuriones et milites, introduxit ad se in templum Domini, pepigitque cum eis fœdus: et adjurans eos in domo Domini, ostendit eis filium regis: