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And the final third must stand guard behind the palace guard. These three groups will all guard the palace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />(another third being at the gate Sur and a third at the gate behind the guards) shall guard the palace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />a third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And a third part <i>shall be</i> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />one-third <i>shall be</i> at the gate of Sur, and one-third at the gate behind the escorts. You shall keep the watch of the house, lest it be broken down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />(a third also <i>shall be</i> at the gate Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards), shall keep watch over the house for defense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />(one third also shall be at the gate Sur, and one third at the gate behind the guards), shall keep watch over the house for defense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />(one third also <i>shall be</i> at the gate Sur, and one third at the gate behind the guards), shall keep watch over the house for defense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />(one-third also <i>shall be</i> at the gate Sur, and one-third at the gate behind the guards), shall keep watch over the house for defense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />(a third shall also be at the [city] gate Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards); so you shall keep watch over the palace [from three posts] for defense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A third are to be at the Foundation Gate and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns providing protection for the palace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A third are to be at the Sur gate and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns providing protection for the palace.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and a third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Another unit will guard Sur Gate, and the third unit will guard the palace gate and relieve the palace guards. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And a third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Another third must be at Sur Gate. And another third must be at the gate behind the guards. You will guard the king's residence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />with a third of you at the Sur gate, and a third at the gate behind the guards. Keep watch over the palace and defend it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />a third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. You will take turns guarding the palace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />A third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard. So you shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />a third of you shall be at the gate Sur; and a third of you at the gate behind the guard. So you shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the third [is] at the Gate of Sur, and the third at the gate behind the runners, and you have kept the charge of the house pulled down;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the third is at the gate of Sur, and the third at the gate behind the runners, and ye have kept the charge of the house pulled down;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the third in the gate of Sur; and a third in the gate behind the runners: and watch the watches of the house from being swept away.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Let one third part of you enter on the Sabbath, and keep watch on the house of the king. And let one third part be at the gate of Sur. And let one third part be at the gate behind the dwelling place of the shield bearers. And you shall keep the watch on the house of Mesha.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />(another third being at the gate Sur and a third at the gate behind the guards), shall guard the palace;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And a third part shall be at the gate of Kersa; and a third part at the gate of the house of the guards; so shall you keep the watch of the house, that it be in perfect order.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And a third in the gate of Qarsa, and a third in the gate of the house of Couriers, and keep guard of the house from harm.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />now another third part was at the gate Sur, and another third part at the gate behind the guard--shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Let a third part of you go in <i>on</i> the sabbath-day, and keep ye the watch of the king's house in the porch; and another third in the gate of the high way, and a third at the gate behind the footmen; and keep ye the guard of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/11-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=3853" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/11.htm">Joash Anointed King in Judah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace, <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7992.htm" title="7992: wə·haš·šə·li·šîṯ (Conj-w, Art:: Number-ofs) -- Ordinal from shalowsh; third; feminine a third; by extension, a third; specifically, a third-story cell).">a third shall be</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: bə·ša·‘ar (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">at the gate</a> <a href="/hebrew/5495.htm" title="5495: sūr (N-proper-fs) -- A turning aside, a gate of the temple. The same as cuwr; Sur, a gate of the temple.">of Sur,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7992.htm" title="7992: wə·haš·šə·li·šîṯ (Conj-w, Art:: Number-ofs) -- Ordinal from shalowsh; third; feminine a third; by extension, a third; specifically, a third-story cell).">and a third</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: baš·ša·‘ar (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">at the gate</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥar (Adv) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">behind</a> <a href="/hebrew/7323.htm" title="7323: hā·rā·ṣîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To run. A primitive root; to run.">the guards.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4535.htm" title="4535: mas·sāḥ (Adv) -- Perhaps repulse, defense. From nacach in the sense of staving off; a cordon, or military barrier.">You are to take turns</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: ū·šə·mar·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">guarding</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4931.htm" title="4931: miš·me·reṯ (N-fsc) -- Fem. Of mishmar; watch, i.e. The act, or The sentry, the post; obj. Preservation, or Safe; fig. Observance, i.e. Duty or A usage or party."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the temple—</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-5.htm">2 Chronicles 23:5</a></span><br />a third shall be at the royal palace, and a third at the Foundation Gate, while all the others are to be in the courtyards of the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-6.htm">2 Chronicles 23:6</a></span><br />No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-7.htm">2 Chronicles 23:7</a></span><br />The Levites must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who enters the temple must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-8.htm">2 Chronicles 23:8</a></span><br />So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-10.htm">2 Chronicles 23:10</a></span><br />He stationed all the troops, with their weapons in hand, surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/1-38.htm">1 Kings 1:38-40</a></span><br />Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon. / Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!” / All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/1-50.htm">1 Kings 1:50-53</a></span><br />But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar. / It was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’” / And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-28.htm">1 Kings 2:28-30</a></span><br />When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar. / It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!” / And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/22-17.htm">1 Samuel 22:17-18</a></span><br />Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD. / So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-22.htm">1 Samuel 2:22</a></span><br />Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-36.htm">1 Samuel 2:36</a></span><br />And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/3-3.htm">1 Samuel 3:3</a></span><br />Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/3-15.htm">1 Samuel 3:15</a></span><br />Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/21-1.htm">1 Samuel 21:1-6</a></span><br />Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?” / “The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission on which I am sending you. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place. / Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/22-9.htm">1 Samuel 22:9-10</a></span><br />But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob. / Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall you keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.</p><p class="hdg">the gate of Sur</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/26-13.htm">1 Chronicles 26:13-19</a></b></br> And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/23-4.htm">2 Chronicles 23:4,5</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, <i>shall be</i> porters of the doors; … </p><p class="hdg">that it be not broken down.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ephesians/2-14.htm">Barrier</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-23.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-5.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-28.htm">Couriers</a> <a href="/joshua/19-35.htm">Defence</a> <a href="/numbers/14-9.htm">Defense</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-8.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-5.htm">Guard</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-5.htm">Guarding</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-28.htm">Guards</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-5.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-3.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-5.htm">Palace</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-5.htm">Part</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-28.htm">Runners</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-3.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-5.htm">Third</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-29.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-5.htm">Watch</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Barrier</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-14.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-7.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-11.htm">Couriers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-5.htm">Defence</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-5.htm">Defense</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-19.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-7.htm">Guard</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-23.htm">Guarding</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-11.htm">Guards</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-7.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-7.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-16.htm">Palace</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-23.htm">Part</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-13.htm">Runners</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-7.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-6.htm">Third</a> <a href="/job/1-4.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-7.htm">Watch</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">Jehoash, being saved by Jehosheba his aunt from Athaliah's massacre,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/11-3.htm">is hidden six years in the house of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/11-13.htm">Jehoiada, giving order to the captains, in the seventh year anoints him king</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/11-17.htm">Jehoiada restores the worship of God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>a third shall be at the gate of Sur</b><br>The "gate of Sur" is a location within the temple complex or palace area in Jerusalem. This gate is significant as it represents a strategic point of defense. The division of the guards into thirds indicates a well-organized plan to protect the young king Joash from any threats, particularly from Queen Athaliah, who had usurped the throne. The gate of Sur may have been a lesser-known entrance, emphasizing the need for vigilance at all access points. This strategic placement of guards reflects the importance of protecting the Davidic line, which is central to the biblical narrative and God's covenant with David (<a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a>).<p><b>and a third at the gate behind the guards</b><br>The "gate behind the guards" suggests an additional layer of security, possibly an inner gate leading to more private or sacred areas of the temple. This positioning highlights the thoroughness of Jehoiada's plan to safeguard Joash. The presence of guards at this gate underscores the seriousness of the threat posed by Athaliah and the need to ensure the safety of the rightful heir to the throne. This careful guarding can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate protector and king, ensuring the fulfillment of God's promises.<p><b>You are to take turns guarding the temple—</b><br>The instruction to "take turns guarding the temple" indicates a continuous and vigilant watch over the temple and the young king. This rotation of guards ensures that there is no lapse in security, reflecting the dedication and commitment required to protect God's chosen leader. The temple, as the dwelling place of God, symbolizes His presence and covenant with Israel. The protection of the temple and the Davidic line is crucial for the unfolding of God's redemptive plan, which ultimately leads to the coming of Jesus Christ, the true King and High Priest. This vigilance can be paralleled with the call for believers to remain watchful and steadfast in their faith.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jehoiada_the_priest.htm">Jehoiada the Priest</a></b><br>A key figure in this chapter, Jehoiada orchestrates the protection and eventual crowning of Joash as king. His leadership is crucial in the preservation of the Davidic line.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/athaliah.htm">Athaliah</a></b><br>The queen mother who usurped the throne of Judah and sought to destroy the royal family. Her reign represents a period of apostasy and idolatry in Judah.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/joash.htm">Joash (Jehoash)</a></b><br>The young king who was hidden in the temple for six years. His survival and eventual reign are central to the account of God's faithfulness to His covenant with David.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_of_the_lord.htm">The Temple of the LORD</a></b><br>The central place of worship in Jerusalem, where Joash was hidden and later crowned. It symbolizes God's presence and the rightful place of worship.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sur_gate_and_the_gate_behind_the_guards.htm">The Sur Gate and the Gate Behind the Guards</a></b><br>Strategic locations within the temple complex where guards were stationed to protect Joash and ensure the success of Jehoiada's plan.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_faithfulness.htm">God's Sovereignty and Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite human attempts to thwart His plans, God remains sovereign and faithful to His promises. The preservation of Joash is a testament to God's unwavering commitment to His covenant with David.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_godly_leadership.htm">The Role of Godly Leadership</a></b><br>Jehoiada's courage and wisdom demonstrate the impact of godly leadership. His actions remind us of the importance of standing firm in faith and righteousness, even in times of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_vigilance.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Vigilance</a></b><br>The strategic placement of guards around the temple underscores the need for vigilance in protecting what is sacred. As believers, we are called to guard our hearts and maintain spiritual alertness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_community_and_unity.htm">The Power of Community and Unity</a></b><br>The successful overthrow of Athaliah was a collective effort, highlighting the strength found in unity among God's people. This encourages us to work together in fulfilling God's purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_child_hidden_in_temple.htm">2 Kings 11:3: Is there any historical or archaeological evidence that supports a child being hidden in the Temple for six years?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_are_believers_god's_temple_without_proof.htm">In 2 Corinthians 6:16, how can the believers be the temple of God without any tangible, verifiable sign beyond personal conviction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_joab's_role_fit_other_timelines.htm">How do we reconcile the role of Joab in 1 Chronicles 11:6 with other biblical narratives that present different leadership structures and timelines?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_2_chronicles_23_16-21_reforms_credible.htm">Are the religious reforms in 2 Chronicles 23:16-21 historically credible, or do they reflect an idealized narrative from a later period?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur.</span>--Or, and the third (shall be on guard) <span class= "ital">at the gate of Sur</span>, Instead of <span class= "ital">S-r</span> ("turning aside") Chronicles has <span class= "ital">Jesod</span> ("foundation"). The gate Sur was apparently a <span class= "ital">side exit</span> from the court of the palace, such as may be seen in the old Egyptian palaces at <span class= "ital">Medinat-Ab-</span> and<span class= "ital"> Karnak</span>. "Jesod" is another name for the same side-door, or, as is far more likely, a textual corruption of "Sur."<p><span class= "bld">And a third part at the gate behind the guard.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">and the third at the gate behind the Couriers</span>. In <a href="/2_kings/11-19.htm" title="And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.">2Kings 11:19</a> "the gate of the Couriers" is mentioned, apparently as the principal entrance to the palace enclosure. That gate and this one are probably the same. It is here called "the gate <span class= "ital">behind</span> the Couriers" because a guard was usually stationed in front of it. Perhaps the word "behind" has originated in a mere echo of the word "gate" ('<span class= "ital">ahar, sha'ar</span>), and should be omitted as an error of transcription.<p><span class= "bld">So shall ye keep the watch of the house.</span>--Thus shall ye--the three divisions of the guards, entering on duty on the Sabbath--guard the entrances and exits of the royal palace.<p><span class= "bld">That it be not broken down.</span>--The Hebrew is only the one word <span class= "ital">mass?h,</span> which occurs nowhere else. It appears to mean "repulse," "warding off," and is probably a marginal gloss on "watch" (<span class= "ital">mishmereth</span>), explaining its nature--viz., that the guards were to keep back any one who tried to enter the palace buildings. Gesenius paraphrases, "ad depellendum populum" (<span class= "ital">zum Abwehren</span>). Thenius suggests the reading "and repel"! <span class= "ital">scil</span>., "all comers" (<span class= "ital">-nes?ah</span> for <span class= "ital">mass?h</span>). He should have written <span class= "ital">wen?soah</span>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur.</span> The "gate of Sur" is not elsewhere mentioned. It seems to be called in Chronicles (<a href="/2_chronicles/23-5.htm">2 Chronicles 23:5</a>) "the gate of the foundation" (<span class="hebrew">שַׂעַר יְסוד</span>) instead of "the gate of Sur" (<span class="hebrew">שַׁעַר סוּר</span>), as here - the one reading having evidently arisen out of the other by a corruption. We must understand one of the <span class="accented">palace</span> gates, but which of them is uncertain. <span class="cmt_word">And a third part at the gate behind the guard</span>; called in ver. 19 "the gate of the <span class="accented">guard</span>," and shown there to have been on the <span class="accented">cast</span> side of the palace, where it faced the temple, and abutted on the Tyropoeon. <span class="cmt_word">So shall ye keep the watch of the house</span> - <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, of the "king's house," or palace, which is contrasted with the "house of the Lord" of the next verse - <span class="cmt_word">that it be not broken down.</span> This rendering is scarcely accepted at the present time by any writers. Ewald renders, "according to custom;" Keil, "for defense;" Furst, "alternately;" our Revisers, "and be a barrier." The Hebrew word used occurs nowhere else, and it seems impossible to determine its sense. The LXX. simply omit it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/11-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">a third [shall be]</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·haš·šə·li·šîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7992.htm">Strong's 7992: </a> </span><span class="str2">Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the gate</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשַׁ֣עַר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ša·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, gate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Sur,</span><br /><span class="heb">ס֔וּר</span> <span class="translit">(sūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5495.htm">Strong's 5495: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sur -- 'a turning aside', a gate of the temple</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and a third</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(wə·haš·šə·li·šîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7992.htm">Strong's 7992: </a> </span><span class="str2">Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the gate</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשַּׁ֖עַר</span> <span class="translit">(baš·ša·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, gate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">behind</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the guards.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרָצִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rā·ṣîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7323.htm">Strong's 7323: </a> </span><span class="str2">To run</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You are to take turns</span><br /><span class="heb">מַסָּֽח׃</span> <span class="translit">(mas·sāḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4535.htm">Strong's 4535: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cordon, military barrier</span><br /><br /><span class="word">guarding</span><br /><span class="heb">וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·šə·mar·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the temple—</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֖יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/11-6.htm">2 Kings 11:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/11-6.htm">2 Kings 11:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/11-6.htm">2 Kings 11:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/11-6.htm">2 Kings 11:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/11-6.htm">2 Kings 11:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/11-6.htm">2 Kings 11:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/11-6.htm">2 Kings 11:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/11-6.htm">2 Kings 11:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/11-6.htm">2 Kings 11:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/11-6.htm">2 Kings 11:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/11-6.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 11:6 A third part shall be at (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/11-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 11:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 11:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/11-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 11:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 11:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>