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Verse	Translation	Text
2Ki 11:19	Strong Concordance	And he took [03947] the rulers [08269] over hundreds [03967], and the captains [03746], and the guard [07323], and all the people [05971] of the land [0776]; and they brought down [03381] the king [04428] from the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and came [0935] by the way [01870] of the gate [08179] of the guard [07323] to the king's [04428] house [01004]. And he sat [03427] on the throne [03678] of the kings [04428].
	King James	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.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
They conducted the king down from the temple hill, across the valley of the Tyropoeum, and up the opposite hill to the royal palace, entering it not by the "horse-gate" Kg2 11:16, where Athaliah had just been slain, but by the "gate of the guard" Kg2 11:6, which was probably the main gate of the palace on the eastern side (see Ch2 23:20).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

They conducted the king down from the temple hill, across the valley of the Tyropoeum, and up the opposite hill to the royal palace, entering it not by the "horse-gate" Kg2 11:16, where Athaliah had just been slain, but by the "gate of the guard" Kg2 11:6, which was probably the main gate of the palace on the eastern side (see Ch2 23:20).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
And he took the captains, and they brought the king down out of the house of Jehovah, etc. The word יקּח is not to be pressed, but simply affirms that Jehoiada entrusted the persons named with the duty of conducting the king into his palace. Beside the captains over a hundred (see at Kg2 11:4) there are mentioned והרצים הכּרי, i.e., the royal halberdiers (the body-guard), who had passed over to the new king immediately after the fall of Athaliah and now followed their captains, and הארץ כּל־עם, all the rest of the people assembled. Instead of the halberdiers there are mentioned in the Chronicles בּעם המּושׁלים האדּירים, the nobles and lords in the nation-a completion implied in the facts themselves, since Jehoiada had drawn the heads of the nation into his plan, and on the other hand the express allusion to the body-guard might be omitted as of inferior importance. We cannot infer from ירידוּ that the bridge between Moriah and Zion was not yet in existence, as Thenius supposes, but simply that the bridge was lower than the temple-courts. Instead of הרצים שׁער, the gate of the runners (i.e., of the halberdiers), we find in the Chronicles העליון שׁער, the upper gate, which appears to have been a gate of the temple, according to Kg2 15:35 and Ch2 27:3. The statement that they came by the way of the runners' gate into the house of the king is not at variance with this, for it may be understood as meaning that it was by the halberdiers' gate of the temple that the entry into the palace was carried out. - In Kg2 11:20 this account is concluded with the general remark that all the people rejoiced, sc. at the coronation of Joash, and the city was quiet, when they slew Athaliah with the sword. This is the way, so far as the sense is concerned, in which the last two clauses are to be connected.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

And he took the captains, and they brought the king down out of the house of Jehovah, etc. The word יקּח is not to be pressed, but simply affirms that Jehoiada entrusted the persons named with the duty of conducting the king into his palace. Beside the captains over a hundred (see at Kg2 11:4) there are mentioned והרצים הכּרי, i.e., the royal halberdiers (the body-guard), who had passed over to the new king immediately after the fall of Athaliah and now followed their captains, and הארץ כּל־עם, all the rest of the people assembled. Instead of the halberdiers there are mentioned in the Chronicles בּעם המּושׁלים האדּירים, the nobles and lords in the nation-a completion implied in the facts themselves, since Jehoiada had drawn the heads of the nation into his plan, and on the other hand the express allusion to the body-guard might be omitted as of inferior importance. We cannot infer from ירידוּ that the bridge between Moriah and Zion was not yet in existence, as Thenius supposes, but simply that the bridge was lower than the temple-courts. Instead of הרצים שׁער, the gate of the runners (i.e., of the halberdiers), we find in the Chronicles העליון שׁער, the upper gate, which appears to have been a gate of the temple, according to Kg2 15:35 and Ch2 27:3. The statement that they came by the way of the runners' gate into the house of the king is not at variance with this, for it may be understood as meaning that it was by the halberdiers' gate of the temple that the entry into the palace was carried out. - In Kg2 11:20 this account is concluded with the general remark that all the people rejoiced, sc. at the coronation of Joash, and the city was quiet, when they slew Athaliah with the sword. This is the way, so far as the sense is concerned, in which the last two clauses are to be connected.

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²⁰ And he took [03947] the captains [08269] of hundreds [03967], and the nobles [0117], and the governors [04910] of the people [05971], and all the people [05971] of the land [0776], and brought down [03381] the king [04428] from the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: and they came [0935] through [08432] the high [05945] gate [08179] into the king's [04428] house [01004], and set [03427] the king [04428] upon the throne [03678] of the kingdom [04467].

⁶ And a third part [07992] shall be at the gate [08179] of Sur [05495]; and a third part [07992] at the gate [08179] behind [0310] the guard [07323]: so shall ye keep [08104] the watch [04931] of the house [01004], that it be not broken down [04535].

¹⁶ And they laid [07760] hands [03027] on her; and she went [0935] by the way [01870] by the which the horses [05483] came [03996] into the king's [04428] house [01004]: and there was she slain [04191].

²⁰ And all the people [05971] of the land [0776] rejoiced [08055], and the city [05892] was in quiet [08252]: and they slew [04191] Athaliah [06271] with the sword [02719] beside the king's [04428] house [01004].

³ He built [01129] the high [05945] gate [08179] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and on the wall [02346] of Ophel [06077] he built [01129] much [07230].

³⁵ Howbeit the high places [01116] were not removed [05493]: the people [05971] sacrificed [02076] and burned incense [06999] still in the high places [01116]. He built [01129] the higher [05945] gate [08179] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].

⁴ And the seventh [07637] year [08141] Jehoiada [03077] sent [07971] and fetched [03947] the rulers [08269] over hundreds [03967], with the captains [03746] and the guard [07323], and brought [0935] them to him into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and made [03772] a covenant [01285] with them, and took an oath [07650] of them in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and shewed [07200] them the king's [04428] son [01121].