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2 Kings 11:3-5
New Century Version
2 Kings 11:3-5
New Century Version
3 He hid with her in the Temple of the Lord for six years. During that time Athaliah ruled the land.
4 In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of groups of a hundred men, as well as the Carites.[a] He brought them together in the Temple of the Lord and made an agreement with them. There, in the Temple of the Lord, he made them promise loyalty, and then he showed them the king’s son. 5 He commanded them, “This is what you must do. A third of you who go on duty on the Sabbath will guard the king’s palace.
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- 11:4 Carites This was probably a special unit of the army that was responsible for the king’s safety, a kind of palace guard similar to the Kerethites and the Pelethites.
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