A moment in scripture
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.
The surrounding passage
- 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 11:8
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 11:10
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the temple of the Lord.
- 2 Kings 11:11
And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.