2 Kings 11:9

And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
captains	שָׂרֵ֣י sa.Rei	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · noun, common masculine plural construct
hundreds	הַמֵּא֗וֹת ha.me.yot	H3967	a hundred · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
did	וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֞וּ vai.ya.'a.Su	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Jehoiada	יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע ye.ho.ya.Da'	H3077	Jehojada · proper noun, a man's name
priest	הַכֹּהֵן֒ ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
commanded	צִוָּה֮ tzi.Vah	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
took	וַיִּקְחוּ֙ vai.yik.Chu	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
man	אִ֣ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
men	אֲנָשָׁ֔יו 'a.na.Shav	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
in	בָּאֵ֣י ba.'Ei	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
sabbath	הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת ha.sha.Bat	H7676	intermission · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
out	יֹצְאֵ֣י yo.tze.'Ei	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
sabbath	הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת ha.sha.Bat	H7676	intermission · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
came	וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ vai.ya.Vo.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Jehoiada	יְהוֹיָדָ֥ע ye.ho.ya.Da'	H3077	Jehojada · proper noun, a man's name
priest	הַכֹּהֵֽן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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 23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to com…
2 Kings 11:4 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 h…
1 Chronicles 26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the capta…

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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

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 11:9

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 11:9

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 11:9

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 11:4-18

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

Rashi on 2 Kings 11:8