Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 11:9
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.
9. and the captains over the [R.V. omits the ] hundreds did according to all things ] R.V. omits things, for which there is nothing in the original. It is also not in the Hebrew of 2 Chronicles, though there the A.V. prints it without italics. R.V. omits it there also. The Levites must have been in some degree at least, where they were acting as guards about the palace, under the control of these centurions, by whom also according to the narrative in 2 Chron. they had been gathered out of all the cities of Judah.
that Jehoiada the priest commanded ] He was the prime mover, and both the Levitical and military guards acted together to carry out his design. The LXX. instead of any rendering of the word for ‘priest’ has . It seems as if the last three consonants of the name Jehoiada ( ) had been read twice over, the second time as if they were the participle of the verb ‘to know’.
with them [R.V. those ] that should go out ] So both sets of men were engaged; and in the case of the Levites it is said in 2Ch 23:8, ‘For Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses’, i.e. did not allow those members of the Levitical courses, whose term of service was then ended, to go away, as on other occasions they were free to do.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded,…. Of whom see 2Ki 11:4
and they took every man his men; everyone his hundred:
that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath; both the courses, of which see 2Ki 11:5
and came to Jehoiada the priest; with the said courses, at least as many of them as were to be employed in the present service.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(9) The captains over the hundredsi.e., the centurions of the royal guard (2Ki. 11:4). So in 2Ki. 11:10.
Commanded.Had commanded.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
(9, 10) The preparations for carrying out the above arrangements.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
9. Every man his men That is, each captain took charge of the band of Levites committed to his command by Jehoiada.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 11:9 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.
Ver. 9. That Jehoiada the priest. ] The high priest, saith Vatablus; though some others hold him to have been only a priest and a prime man.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the captains: 2Ki 11:4, 1Ch 26:26, 2Ch 23:8
Reciprocal: 2Ki 11:15 – captains 1Ch 9:19 – over the host 1Ch 12:27 – the leader 2Ch 23:7 – the Levites 2Ch 23:20 – the captains
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:9 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 {i} sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
(i) Read 2Ki 11:5; 2Ki 11:7.