English Bible Presentation Sharing - 2-Kings Book, chapter 11, verse 23 in Lxxen Version

2 Kings 11 : 1 (LXXEN)

And Gotholia the mother of Ochozias saw that her son was dead, and she destroyed all the

Gr. seed of the kingdom

seed royal.

2 Kings 11 : 2 (LXXEN)

And Josabee daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, took Joas the son of her brother, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were put to death, secreting him and his nurse in the bedchamber, and hid him from the face of Gotholia, and he was not slain.

2 Kings 11 : 3 (LXXEN)

And he remained with her hid in the house of the Lord six years: and Gotholia reigned over the land.

2 Kings 11 : 4 (LXXEN)

And in the seventh year Jodae sent and took the captains of hundreds of the

Heb. guards

Chorri and of the

Heb. runners

Rhasim, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant of the Lord with them, and adjured them, and Jodae shewed them the king’s son.

2 Kings 11 : 5 (LXXEN)

And charged them, saying, This is the

Gr. word

thing which ye shall do.

2 Kings 11 : 6 (LXXEN)

Let a third part of you go in on the sabbath-day, and keep ye the watch of the king’s house in the porch; and another third in the gate of the high way, and a third at the gate behind the footmen; and keep ye the guard of the house.

2 Kings 11 : 7 (LXXEN)

And there shall be two

Gr. hands

parties among you, even every one that goes out on the Sabbath, and they shall keep the guard of the Lord’s house before the king.

2 Kings 11 : 8 (LXXEN)

And do ye compass the king about every man with his weapon in his hand, and he that goes into the ranges shall die: and they shall be with the king in his going out and in his coming in.

2 Kings 11 : 9 (LXXEN)

And the captains of hundreds did all things that the wise Jodae commanded; and they took each his men, both those that went in on the sabbath-day,

Gr. with those

and those that went out on the sabbath-day, and went in to Jodae the priest.

2 Kings 11 : 10 (LXXEN)

And the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the swords and spears of king David that were in the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 11 : 11 (LXXEN)

And the footmen stood each

Gr. and his weapon

with his weapon in his hand from the right corner of the house to the left corner of the house, by the altar and the house round about the king.

2 Kings 11 : 12 (LXXEN)

And he

Gr. sent forth

brought forth the king’s son, and

Gr. gave

put upon him the crown and gave him the testimony; and he made him king, and anointed him: and they clapped their hands, and said, Long live the king.

2 Kings 11 : 13 (LXXEN)

And Gotholia heard the sound of the people running, and she went in to the people to the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 11 : 14 (LXXEN)

And she looked, and, behold, the king stood near a pillar according to the manner; and the singers and the

Gr. trumpets

trumpeters were before the king and all the people of the land even rejoicing and sounding with trumpets: and Gotholia rent her garments, and cried, A conspiracy, a conspiracy.

2 Kings 11 : 15 (LXXEN)

And Jodae the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were over the host, and said to them, Bring her forth without the ranges, and he that goes in after her shall certainly die by the sword. For the priest said, Let her not however be slain in the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 11 : 16 (LXXEN)

And they laid hands upon her, and went in by the way of the horses’ entrance into the house of the Lord, and she was slain there.

2 Kings 11 : 17 (LXXEN)

And Jodae made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord’s people; also between the king and the people.

2 Kings 11 : 18 (LXXEN)

And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore it down, and completely broke in pieces his altars and his images, and they slew Mathan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest

Gr. placed; See Joh 15:16

appointed overseers

Gr. in or into

over the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 11 : 19 (LXXEN)

And he took the captains of the hundreds, and the Chorri, and the Rhasim, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king out of the house of the Lord; and they went in by the way of the gate of the

Or, guard, A. V.

footmen of the king’s house, and seated him there on the throne of the kings.

2 Kings 11 : 20 (LXXEN)

And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was at rest: and they slew Gotholia with the sword in the house of the king.

2 Kings 11 : 21 (LXXEN)

Joas was

Gr. a son of seven years in his reigning

seven years old when he began to reign.