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2 Kings 11:5

3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

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 house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son.

And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;

6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

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BSB
and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
KJV
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
WEB
He commanded them, saying, “This is what you must do: a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;
ASV
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king`s house;
DARBY
And he commanded them saying, This is the thing which ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
BLB
And he commanded them, saying, “This [is] the thing that you⁺ shall do: A third of you⁺ who come on duty on the Sabbath shall be keeping the watch over the house of the king,
ÅB
Og han befalte dem og sa: Hør nå hva dere skal gjøre: Den ene tredjedel av dere skal tiltrede vakten på sabbaten og holde vakt ved kongens hus,
OTB
Og han befalte dem og sa: «Dette er det dere skal gjøre: en tredjedel av dere som kommer inn på sabbaten og holder vakt over kongens hus,
B1930
Og han bød dem og sa: Hør nu hvad I skal gjøre: Den ene tredjedel av eder skal tiltrede vakten på sabbaten og holde vakt ved kongens hus,

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  • 1 Chronicles 9:25

    And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

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  • Ezekiel 46:2–3

    And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

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  • 1 Chronicles 23:32

    And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

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  • Luke 1:8–9

    And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

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  • Jeremiah 26:10

    When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD’s house.

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  • 2 Kings 16:18

    And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.

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  • Ezekiel 44:2–3

    Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

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  • 1 Chronicles 24:3–6

    And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.

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