◄ 2 Kings 11:6 ►
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Good News Translation
another third are to stand guard at the Sur Gate, and the other third are to stand guard at the gate behind the other guards.

New Revised Standard Version
(another third being at the gate Sur and a third at the gate behind the guards), shall guard the palace;

Contemporary English Version
Another unit will guard Sur Gate, and the third unit will guard the palace gate and relieve the palace guards.

New American Bible
another third shall be at the gate Sur; and the last third shall be at the gate behind the guards. You shall guard the palace on all sides,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let a third part of you go in on the sabbath, and keep the watch of the king's house. And let a third part be at the gate of Sur; and let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shieldbearers; and you shall keep the watch of the house of Messa.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Let a third part of you go in on the sabbath, and keep the watch of the king's house. And let a third part be at the gate of Sur; and let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shieldbearers; and you shall keep the watch of the house of Messa.

the gate of Sur

1 Chronicles 26:13-19 And they cast lots equally, both little and great, by their families for every one of the gates. . . .

2 Chronicles 23:4,5 And this is the thing that you shall do: . . .

that it be not broken down.

Context
Joash Anointed King in Judah
…5And he commanded them, saying: This is the thing that you must do. 6Let a third part of you go in on the sabbath, and keep the watch of the king's house. And let a third part be at the gate of Sur; and let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shieldbearers; and you shall keep the watch of the house of Messa.7But let two parts of you all that go forth on the sabbath, keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.…
Cross References
2 Kings 11:5
And he commanded them, saying: This is the thing that you must do.

2 Kings 11:7
But let two parts of you all that go forth on the sabbath, keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.

2 Kings 11:19
And he took the centurions, and the bands of the Cerethi, and the Phelethi, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king from the house of the Lord: and they came by the way of the gate of the shieldbearers into the palace, and he sat on the throne of the kings.

2 Kings 11:5
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