John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 11:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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.

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