2 Kings 11:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷And 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 11:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 23:6
But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
2 Kings 11:5
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;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-12)

Six years Athaliah tyrannised. We have not a particular account of her reign; no doubt it was of a piece with the beginning. While Jehu was extirpating the worship of Baal in Israel, she was establishing it in Judah, as appears, 2 Chron. 24:7. The court and kingdom of Judah had been debauched by their alliance with the house of Ahab, and now one of that house is a curse and a plague to both: sinfu…