2 Kings 11:10 Then he gave the commanders the spears and shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of the LORD.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Then he gave the commanders the spears and shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of the LORD.

English Standard Version
And the priest gave to the captains the spears and shields that had been King David’s, which were in the house of the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
The priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of the LORD.

King James Bible
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The priest gave to the commanders of hundreds King David's spears and shields that were in the LORD's temple.

International Standard Version
The priest issued king David's personal spears and shields that had been stored in the LORD's Temple to the captains of hundreds.

American Standard Version
And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he gave them the spears, and the arms of king David, which were in the house of the Lord.

Darby Bible Translation
And the priest gave to the captains of the hundreds king David's spears and shields which were in the house of Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation
and the priest giveth to the heads of the hundreds the spears and the shields that king David had, that are in the house of Jehovah.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

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 child indeed, but he had a good guardian, and, what was better, a good God to go to With such joy and satisfaction must the kingdom of Christ be welcomed into our hearts, when his throne is set up there, and Satan the usurper is cast out. Say, Let the King, even Jesus, live, for ever live and reign in my soul, and in all the world.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2Ki 11:4-12. He Is Made King.

4. the seventh year—namely, of the reign of Athaliah, and the rescue of Jehoash.

Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers, &c.—He could scarcely have obtained such a general convocation except at the time, or on pretext, of a public and solemn festival. Having revealed to them the secret of the young king's preservation and entered into a covenant with them for the overthrow of the tyrant, he then arranged with them the plan and time of carrying their plot into execution (see on [336]2Ch 22:10-23:21). The conduct of Jehoiada, who acted the leading and chief part in this conspiracy, admits of an easy and full justification; for, while Athaliah was a usurper, and belonged to a race destined by divine denunciation to destruction, even his own wife had a better and stronger claim to the throne; the sovereignty of Judah had been divinely appropriated to the family of David, and therefore the young prince on whom it was proposed to confer the crown, possessed an inherent right to it, of which a usurper could not deprive him. Moreover, Jehoiada was most probably the high priest, whose official duty it was to watch over the due execution of God's laws, and who in his present movement, was encouraged and aided by the countenance and support of the chief authorities, both civil and ecclesiastical, in the country. In addition to all these considerations, he seems to have been directed by an impulse of the Divine Spirit, through the counsels and exhortations of the prophets of the time.