KJV King James Version
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that [were] in the temple of the LORD.
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2 Kings 11:10
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that [were] in the temple of the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields of King David from the house of the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David’s, which were in the house of Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David’s, which were in the house of Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the priest giveth to the heads of the hundreds the spears and the shields that king David had, that are in the house of Jehovah.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 11
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.
8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all [things] that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that [were] in the temple of the LORD.
11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, [along] by the altar and the temple.
12 And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and [gave him] the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard [and] of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
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וַיִּתֵּ֨ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveהַכֹּהֵ֜ןH3548 · ko.henpriestלְשָׂרֵ֣יH8269 · sarrulerהַמֵּא֗וֹתH3967 · me.ahhundredאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַחֲנִית֙H2595 · cha.nitspearוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַשְּׁלָטִ֔יםH7982 · she.letshieldאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichלַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingדָּוִ֑דH1732 · da.vidDavidאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּבֵ֥יתH1004 · betplaceיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
2 Samuel 8:7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.1 Chronicles 18:7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.1 Samuel 21:9And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it [is here] wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take [it]: for [there is] no other save that here. And David said, [There is] none like that; give it me.2 Chronicles 5:1Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in [all] the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.2 Chronicles 23:9-10Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that [had been] king David’s, which [were] in the house of God.1 Chronicles 26:26-27Which Shelomith and his brethren [were] over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
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