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The Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the house, let him be slain: and be you with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out.
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A United Front for the King
Commentators note that while Chronicles emphasizes the Levites' role, the parallel account in 2 Kings focuses on the royal guard. Scholars suggest this was likely a coordinated effort, with Jehoiada uniting the Levitical temple guards and the king's soldiers to protect both the sacred space and the young king Joash.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare 2 Kings 11:8 and 2 Kings 11:11. The soldiers and the Levites in the temple were probably intermixed in about equal …
19th Century
Anglican
And the Levites shall compass. —The Book of Kings has, “And ye shall compass (i.e., the centurions of t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1).
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