2 Kings 11 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Chapter 11
The hidden heir and the restoration of the covenant
Verse 11:1 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:1 Athaliah, Ahaziah's mother, saw that her son was dead. She rose and destroyed all the royal offspring.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:1 Athaliah, Ahaziah's mother, saw that her sons had died, and destroyed all the royal offspring.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew has one dead son and her rising; Greek has plural dead sons and no rising clause. Both report the attack on the royal line.
Verse 11:2 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:2 Jehosheba, daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being killed. She put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. They hid him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:2 Jehosheba, daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash, her brother's son, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being put to death—him and his nurse—in the chamber of the beds. She hid him from Athaliah, and he was not put to death.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew identifies Joash by Ahaziah's name and has plural hiders; Greek says her brother's son and has singular ‘she hid.’ Both retain the nurse and sleeping chamber.
Verse 11:3 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:3 He remained with her, hidden in YHWH's house for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:3 He remained with her in the Lord's house, hidden for six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both preserve six years of concealment in the sanctuary during Athaliah's reign.
Verse 11:4 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:4 In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the captains of hundreds of the Carites and the runners. He brought them to him in YHWH's house, made a covenant with them, put them under oath in YHWH's house, and showed them the king's son.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:4 In the seventh year Jehoiada the priest sent for the captains of hundreds, the Chorri and the Rasim. He brought them to him into the Lord's house, made a covenant of the Lord with them, put them under oath before the Lord, and Jehoiada showed them the king's son.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek adds priest and ‘covenant of the Lord,’ uses before the Lord for the oath, and transliterates Chorri/Rasim. Hebrew identifies Carites and runners. The transliterated designations are not recast as named individuals.
Verse 11:5 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:5 He commanded them, saying, ‘This is what you shall do: a third of you coming on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch over the king's house,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:5 He commanded them, saying, ‘This is what you shall do: let a third of you enter on the Sabbath, and you shall guard the king's house at the gateway,
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek explicitly adds the gateway location. Both begin the three-part guard assignment tied to the Sabbath change of duty.
Verse 11:6 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:6 and a third shall be at the Sur Gate, and a third at the gate behind the runners. Keep watch over the house as a barrier.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:6 and a third shall be at the Gate of the Roads, and a third at the gate behind the runners. Keep the watch over the house.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew names Sur Gate and adds the difficult מַסָּח, provisionally a barrier; Greek gives Gate of the Roads and lacks the final technical term.
Verse 11:7 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:7 The two divisions of you, all those going off duty on the Sabbath, shall keep watch over YHWH's house for the king.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:7 The two divisions among you, everyone going out on the Sabbath, shall keep watch over the Lord's house for the king.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both assign the outgoing Sabbath divisions to protect the king at the sanctuary.
Verse 11:8 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:8 Surround the king on every side, each with his weapons in his hand. Whoever enters the ranks shall be put to death. Be with the king when he goes out and comes in.’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:8 Surround the king on every side, each man with his equipment in his hand. Whoever enters the saderoth shall die.’ And he was with the king when he went out and came in.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek transliterates σαδηρωθ and ends with a third-person narrative clause; Hebrew has a command to be with the king. The Greek is not silently changed into the Hebrew imperative.
Verse 11:9 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:9 The captains of hundreds did everything Jehoiada the priest commanded. Each took his men coming on duty on the Sabbath, together with those going off duty on the Sabbath, and they came to Jehoiada the priest.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:9 The captains of hundreds did everything Jehoiada the discerning one commanded. Each took his men entering on the Sabbath, together with those going out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek first calls Jehoiada συνετός, discerning, where Hebrew has priest; Greek also retains priest at the end. Both bring both guard shifts together.
Verse 11:10 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:10 The priest gave the captains of hundreds the spear and the shields that belonged to King David, which were in YHWH's house.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:10 The priest gave the captains of hundreds King David's lances and threefold weapons that were in the Lord's house.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew names spear and shields; Greek has σειρομάστας and τρισσούς, provisionally lances and threefold weapons. The exact second weapon type is uncertain and is not harmonized to shields.
Verse 11:11 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:11 The runners stood, each with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, beside the altar and the house, all around the king.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:11 The runners stood, each man with his equipment in his hand, from the house's right flank to its left flank, beside the altar and the house, all around the king.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both preserve the armed positions across the sanctuary and around the king; ‘beside’ supplies the relation implicit in the compressed location list.
Verse 11:12 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:12 He brought out the king's son and put the crown and the testimony upon him. They made him king and anointed him, clapped their hands, and said, ‘Long live the king!’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:12 He brought out the king's son and put the nezer and the testimony upon him. He made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, ‘Long live the king!’
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek transliterates νεζερ for Hebrew crown and has singular royal installation/anointing; Hebrew has plural agents for those actions. ‘Testimony’ is retained without deciding the physical object's precise form.
Verse 11:13 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:13 Athaliah heard the sound of the runners and the people, and came to the people in YHWH's house.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:13 Athaliah heard the sound of the running people and entered among the people in the Lord's house.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Hebrew's compressed runners-and-people phrase is construed as two groups; Greek relates the running to the people. Both bring Athaliah into the sanctuary gathering.
Verse 11:14 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:14 She looked, and there was the king standing by the pillar according to custom, with the officers and trumpets beside the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and sounding trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, ‘Conspiracy! Conspiracy!’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:14 She looked, and there was the king standing by the pillar according to the ordinance, with the singers and trumpets beside the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and sounding trumpets. Athaliah tore her garments and cried, ‘Conspiracy! Conspiracy!’
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew has officers; Greek has singers. Both retain the pillar, trumpets, public joy, torn clothing, and repeated accusation.
Verse 11:15 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:15 Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds, those appointed over the army, and said to them, ‘Bring her out from between the ranks. Put to death by the sword whoever follows her.’ For the priest had said, ‘She must not be put to death in YHWH's house.’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:15 Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds, the army's overseers, and said to them, ‘Bring her out from inside the saderoth. Whoever enters after her shall certainly be put to death by the sword.’ For the priest had said, ‘She must not die in the Lord's house.’
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Both command removal from the sanctuary and forbid execution there. Greek retains the transliteration saderoth and an emphatic death construction for followers.
Verse 11:16 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:16 They laid hands on her. She went by the way of the horses' entrance to the king's house, and she was put to death there.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:16 They laid hands on her. She entered by the way of the horses' entrance of the king's house, and died there.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Hebrew explicitly uses being put to death; Greek says she died. Both locate the death at the palace horse entrance, outside the sanctuary.
Verse 11:17 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:17 Jehoiada made the covenant between YHWH, the king, and the people, that they should be YHWH's people, and between the king and the people.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:17 Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord, the king, and the people, that they should be the Lord's people, and between the king and the people.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both preserve the divine-people covenant and the king-people relationship, without collapsing the two clauses.
Verse 11:18 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:18 All the people of the land entered Baal's house and demolished it. They thoroughly shattered its altars and images, and killed Mattan, Baal's priest, before the altars. The priest appointed oversight over YHWH's house.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:18 All the people of the land entered Baal's house and pulled it down. They thoroughly shattered its altars and images, and killed Mattan, Baal's priest, before the altars. The priest appointed overseers for the Lord's house.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both retain the destruction, priest's death, and arrangements for sanctuary oversight. Hebrew describes appointments; Greek names overseers.
Verse 11:19 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:19 He took the captains of hundreds, the Carites, the runners, and all the people of the land. They brought the king down from YHWH's house and entered the king's house by the way of the Runners' Gate. He sat on the throne of the kings.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:19 He took the captains of hundreds, the Chorri, the Rasim, and all the people of the land. They brought the king down from the Lord's house. He entered the king's house by the way of the Runners' Gate, and they seated him on the throne of the kings.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew has plural entry and the king sitting; Greek has singular entry and others seating him. Chorri/Rasim repeats the transliterated designations in verse four.
Verse 11:20 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
11:20 All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. Athaliah had been put to death by the sword at the king's house.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
11:20 All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city became quiet. They had put Athaliah to death by the sword in the king's house.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both close with public rejoicing, civic quiet, and the retrospective notice of Athaliah's execution.