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A third are to be at the Foundation[a] Gate and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns providing protection for the palace.[b](A)

‘Your two divisions that go off duty on the Sabbath are to provide the king protection at the Lord’s temple. Completely surround the king with weapons in hand. Anyone who approaches the ranks is to be put to death. Be with the king in all his daily tasks.’[c](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:6 See 2Ch 23:5; MT here reads Sur
  2. 11:6 Hb obscure
  3. 11:8 Lit king when he goes out and when he comes in