2 Kings 11:8

And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
compass	וְהִקַּפְתֶּ֨ם ve.hi.kaf.Tem	H5362	to strike with more or less violence (beat · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
king	הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
about	סָבִ֗יב sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders singular absolute
man	אִ֚ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
weapons	וְכֵלָ֣יו ve.khe.Lav	H3627	something prepared · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
hand	בְּיָד֔וֹ be.ya.Do	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
cometh	וְהַבָּ֥א ve.ha.Ba'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
ranges	הַשְּׂדֵר֖וֹת ha.se.de.Rot	H7713	a row · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
slain	יוּמָ֑ת yu.Mat	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
king	הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
out	בְּצֵאת֥וֹ be.tze.To	H3318	to go (causatively · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
in	וּבְבֹאֽוֹ u.ve.vo.'O	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 23:7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he sha…
Exodus 21:14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
Numbers 27:17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregati…
1 Kings 2:28-31 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the…
2 Kings 11:15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ran…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:4-12

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, Ch2 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: sinful friendships speed no better. All this while, Joash lay hid, entitled to a crown and intended for it, and yet buried alive in obscurity. Though the sons and heirs of heaven are now hidden, the world knows them not (Jo1 3:1), yet the time is fixed when they shall appear in glory, as Joash in his seventh…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 11:4

HE IS MADE KING. (Kg2 11:4-12) 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 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 belon…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 11:5

That enter in on the Sabbath - It appears that Jehoiada chose the Sabbath day to proclaim the young king, because as that was a day of public concourse, the gathering together of the people who were in this secret would not be noticed; and it is likely that they all came unarmed, and were supplied by Jehoiada with the spears and shields which David had laid up in the temple, Kg2 11:10. The priests and Levites were divided into twenty-four classes by David, and each served a week by turns in the temple, and it was on the Sabbath that they began the weekly service, all this favored Jehoiada's design.

Dictionary and topics

Ranges — (1.) Lev. 11:35. Probably a cooking furnace for two or more pots, as the Hebrew word here is in the dual number; or perhaps a fire-place fitted to receive a pair of ovens. (2.) 2 Kings 11:8. A Hebrew…
Church And State · .Withdraws support and anoints a succes — .Withdraws support and anoints a succes
Citizens · .Jehoiada — .Jehoiada
Conspiracy · .Of Jehoiada — .Of Jehoiada
Fatherless · Exemplified: Joash — Exemplified: Joash
Levites, The · Guarded king’s person and house in times of danger — Guarded king’s person and house in times of danger
Loyalty · .Jehoiada — .Jehoiada
Orphan · .Joash — .Joash
Usurpation · .By Athaliah — .By Athaliah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Kings 11:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:4-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 11:4

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 11:5

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 11:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:4-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 11:4

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 11:5

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Kings 11:8

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 11:4-18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 11:5-8

Rashi on 2 Kings 11:8