A moment in scripture
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.
The surrounding passage
- 2 Kings 11:6
And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.
- 2 Kings 11:7
And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.
- 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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.