2 Kings 11:8

“And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand, etc.] Afterwards given them, (<121110>2 Kings 11:10), and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain; any strange man that was not of them, that came into the ranks in which they were formed, was to be put to death as a spy, who might go and inform the queen what was doing; according to Jarchi, the word for “ranges” signifies the place through which the king went from his own house to the house of God f127; and here it seems the guards were placed: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in when brought forth to be crowned and anointed, and returned again.”

“Five divisions of the guard under their five captains are distinguished here. Three of the five divisions “enter in” on the Sabbath; the other two “go forth” on the Sabbath 2 Kings 11:7. By the former phrase seems to be meant the mounting guard at the royal palace (the “king’s house,” where Athaliah then was); by the latter the serving of escort to the sovereign beyond the palace bounds. Jehoiada orders that of those whose business it would be to guard the palace on the ensuing Sabbath, one company or cohort should perform that task in the ordinary way, while another should watch the gate of Sur - or better, “the gate of the foundation” 2 Chronicles 23:5 - that by which the palace was…”

“Ranges - Or, fences, the wall wherewith the courts of the temple were environed. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 11:12”

“he that cometh: Kg2 11:15; Exo 21:14; Kg1 2:28-31; Ch2 23:7 4 Kings (2 Kings) 11:9”