2 Kings 11:12
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
Note God…: Heb. Let the king live
Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; and they made him king and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, “Long live the king!”
Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, Long live the king.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- he brought
- 2 Kings 11:2, 4; 2 Chronicles 23:11
- put the crown
- 2 Samuel 1:10; 2 Samuel 12:30; Esther 2:17; Esther 6:8; Psalm 21:3; Psalm 89:39; Psalm 132:18; Matthew 27:29; Hebrews 2:9; Revelation 19:12
- the testimony
- Exodus 25:16; Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 17:18–20; Psalm 78:5; Isaiah 8:16, 20
- anointed him
- 2 Kings 9:3; 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 16:13; 2 Samuel 2:4, 7; 2 Samuel 5:3; 1 Kings 1:39; Lamentations 4:20; Acts 4:27; 2 Corinthians 1:21; Hebrews 1:9
- 2 Kings 11:12
- and they clapped.{Wyyakkoo kaph,} "they clapped the hand," which Mr. Harmer thinks was similar to the mode in which Oriental females express their respect for persons of high rank, by gently applying one of their hands to their mouth. So Pitts relates, that in some of the towns of Barbary, the leaders of the sacred caravan being received with loud acclamations, "the very women get upon the tops of the houses to view the parade, or fine show, where they keep striking their four fingers on their lips, as fast as they can, making a joyful noise all the while."
- Psalm 47:1; Psalm 98:8; Isaiah 55:12
- and said
- 1 Kings 1:34; Psalm 72:15–17; Daniel 3:9; Daniel 6:21; Matthew 21:9
- God save the king
- Heb. Let the king live.
- 1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Samuel 16:16