2 Kings 11:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 11:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 11:4 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought th..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 11:4 — KJV
“And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.”
— 2 Kings 11:4 (KJV)
2 Kings 11:4 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 11:4
“And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 11:4: rulers, over, hundreds
“And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 11:4: seventh, year, jehoiada
“And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 11:4: over, hundreds, captains
“And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. when...: Heb. at the return of the year goodly...: Heb. vessels of desire Zedekiah...: or, Mattaniah, his father's brother”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 11:4: year, sent, over
“And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 11:4: brought, into, house
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