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2 Kings 11:4-6
New Catholic Bible
2 Kings 11:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 In the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for and summoned the captains of the hundreds, the Carites,[a] and the guards. He brought them to the temple of the Lord. He made a covenant with them and took an oath from them in the temple of the Lord. Then he showed them the king’s son.
5 He commanded them, “This is what you are to do: for the one-third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath: a third of you are to guard the king’s palace; 6 a third of you are to be at the Sur Gate; and a third at the gate behind the guard. Guard the palace.
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- 2 Kings 11:4 Carites: Hebrew, Kari; corresponds perhaps to the Cherethites of 1 Ki 1:38; they were the king’s bodyguard.