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2 Kings 11:4

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11:4In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned6 the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians7 and the royal bodyguard.8 He met with them9 in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement10 with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.

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Footnotes

  1. 6 Heb “Jehoiada sent and took.”
  2. 7 The Carians were apparently a bodyguard, probably comprised of foreigners. See כָּרִי and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (), .
  3. 8 Heb “the runners.”
  4. 9 Heb “he brought them to himself.”
  5. 10 Or “covenant.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of the Carites and of the guards, and had them come to him in the house of the Lord. And he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the Lord, and he showed them the king’s son.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of units of a hundred, the Carites and the guards and had them brought to him at the temple of the Lord. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath at the temple of the Lord. Then he showed them the king’s son.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards. He had them come to him in the Lord’s temple, where he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son

NLTNew Living Translation

In the seventh year of Athaliah’s reign, Jehoiada the priest summoned the commanders, the Carite mercenaries, and the palace guards to come to the Temple of the Lord. He made a solemn pact with them and made them swear an oath of loyalty there in the Lord’s Temple; then he showed them the king’s son.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and took the commanders of the hundreds of the Carites and the runners, and he brought them to himself to the temple of Yahweh. Then he made a covenant with them and made them swear in the house of Yahweh and showed them the son of the king.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.