Discovery Box2 Kings 11:11 
Context11:11 The royal bodyguard 1 took their stations, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. 2
2 Kings 11:4
Context11:4 In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned 3 the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians 4 and the royal bodyguard. 5 He met with them 6 in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement 7 with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.
1 tn Heb “the runners” (also in v. 19).
2 tn Heb “and the runners stood, each with his weapons in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.”
3 tn Heb “Jehoiada sent and took.”
4 sn The Carians were apparently a bodyguard, probably comprised of foreigners. See HALOT 497 s.v. כָּרִי and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 126.
5 tn Heb “the runners.”
6 tn Heb “he brought them to himself.”
7 tn Or “covenant.”
