2 Kings 11 · Verse 9

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 Kings 11:9, King James Version

2 Kings 11:9 in other translations

BSBSo the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.
WEBThe captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they each took his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
ASVAnd the captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
YLTAnd the heads of the hundreds do according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and take each his men going in on the sabbath, with those going out on the sabbath, and come in unto Jehoiada the priest,
DARBYAnd the captains of the hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go forth on the sabbath, and they came to Jehoiada the priest.
BBEAnd the captains of hundreds did as Jehoiada the priest gave them orders; every one took with him his men, those who came in and those who went out on the Sabbath, and they came in to Jehoiada the priest.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 2 Kings 11:9 mean?

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 11:9 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֞וּvai.ya.'a.Suand they didH6213
שָׂרֵ֣יsa.Rei[the] commanders ofH8269
הַמֵּא֗וֹתha.me.yotthe hundredsH3967
כְּכֹ֣לke.Kholaccording to allH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
צִוָּה֮tzi.Vahhe commandedH6680
יְהוֹיָדָ֣עye.ho.ya.Da'JehoiadaH3077
הַכֹּהֵן֒ha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וַיִּקְחוּ֙vai.yik.Chuand they tookH3947
אִ֣ישׁ'isheachH376
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲנָשָׁ֔יו'a.na.Shavmen hisH582
בָּאֵ֣יba.'Ei[those who] cameH935
הַשַּׁבָּ֔תha.sha.Bat<of> the sabbathH7676
עִ֖ם'imwithH5973
יֹצְאֵ֣יyo.tze.'Ei[those who] went outH3318
הַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.Bat<of> the sabbathH7676
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they cameH935
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוֹיָדָ֥עye.ho.ya.Da'JehoiadaH3077
הַכֹּהֵֽן\׃ha.ko.Henthe priestH3548

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Cross references for 2 Kings 11:9

  • 2 Chronicles 23:8

    So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

  • 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:26

    Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

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Context

  • 2 Kings 11:8

    And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.

  • 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 Kings 11:10

    And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the temple of the Lord.

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2 Kings 11:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los centuriones pues, hicieron todo como el sacerdote Joiada les mandó: y tomando cada uno los suyos, es á saber, los que habían de entrar el sábado, y los que habían salido el sábado, viniéronse á Joiada el sacerdote.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les chefs de centaines firent selon tout ce que Jehoïada, le sacrificateur, avait commandé; et ils prirent chacun ses hommes, ceux qui entraient le jour du sabbat et ceux qui sortaient le jour du sabbat; et ils vinrent auprès de Jehoïada, le sacrificateur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Obersten über hundert taten nach allem, was der Priester Jojada geboten hatte; und sie nahmen ein jeder seine Männer, die am Sabbath antretenden samt den am Sabbath abtretenden, und kamen zu dem Priester Jojada.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et fecerunt centuriones juxta omnia quæ præceperat eis Jojada sacerdos: et assumentes singuli viros suos qui ingrediebantur sabbatum, cum his qui egrediebantur sabbato, venerunt ad Jojadam sacerdotem.