2 Kings 11:6

One third will be at the Sur Gate, and one third at the gate behind the guards. You will alternate in guarding the palace.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5and ordered them, “This is what you are going to do: One third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath will guard the royal palace.

7The two divisions that would normally go off duty on the Sabbath will guard the Lord's Temple for the king.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 23:4Here's what you have to do. One third of you priests and Levites who enter on the Sabbath shall guard the entrances.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:5-13

4 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 showed them the king's son. 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house; 6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at… Read the whole commentary →

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