The Meaning of 2 Kings 11:11 Explained

2 Kings 11:11

KJV: And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

YLT: And the runners stand, each with his weapons in his hand, from the right shoulder of the house unto the left shoulder of the house, by the altar and by the house, by the king round about;

Darby: And the couriers stood by the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, toward the altar and the house.

ASV: And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the guard  stood,  every man  with his weapons  in his hand,  round about  the king,  from the right  corner  of the temple  to the left  corner  of the temple,  [along] by the altar  and the temple. 

What does 2 Kings 11:11 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 11:1-12 - Crowning The Boy-King
Athaliah well deserves the title given her in 2 Chronicles 24:7. She usurped the throne, and played in Judah the part of her mother Jezebel. Joram was a wicked man and a bad king, but he recognized the value of piety, and chose the good priest Jehoiada as the husband of his daughter. The husband neutralized the evil influences of his wife's upbringing and led her into a noble and useful career, the chief episode of which was the rescue of the youngest son of Ahaziah. His nurse and he were hidden in a room where the mattresses were kept in case of a sudden influx of priests at festal times. Is not this hidden king a type of the hiding of the true Prince in the recesses of our hearts, while some Athaliah occupies too large a share of government? There is no alternative but that the evil self-life, our Athaliah, should be stoned.
It was a glad moment when the hidden prince was produced. Many loyal hearts had renounced all hope of again seeing a scion of David's line. But God kept His promise. The Word of God was a befitting gift to place in the hands of the young prince, 2 Kings 11:12. Compare Deuteronomy 17:18-19. But what a revelation will it be when Jesus assumes the government of the earth, and its kingdoms become the kingdom of God and His Christ! He is now hidden, but He shall be manifested, Colossians 3:4. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 11

1  Jehoash, being saved by Jehosheba his aunt from Athaliah's massacre,
3  is hidden six years in the house of God
13  Jehoiada, giving order to the captains, in the seventh year anoints him king
17  Jehoiada restores the worship of God

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 11:11 mean?

And stood the escorts every man and with his weapons in his hand from the right side of the temple from the right to the left side of the temple to the left by the altar and the house Upon the king all around
וַיַּעַמְד֨וּ הָרָצִ֜ים אִ֣ישׁ ׀ וְכֵלָ֣יו בְּיָד֗וֹ מִכֶּ֨תֶף הַבַּ֤יִת הַיְמָנִית֙ עַד־ כֶּ֤תֶף הַבַּ֙יִת֙ הַשְּׂמָאלִ֔ית לַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ וְלַבָּ֑יִת עַל־ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ סָבִֽיב

וַיַּעַמְד֨וּ  And  stood 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
הָרָצִ֜ים  the  escorts 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: רוּץ 
Sense: to run.
אִ֣ישׁ ׀  every  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וְכֵלָ֣יו  and  with  his  weapons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
בְּיָד֗וֹ  in  his  hand 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
מִכֶּ֨תֶף  from  the  right  side 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: כָּתֵף  
Sense: shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope.
הַבַּ֤יִת  of  the  temple 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הַיְמָנִית֙  from  the  right 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: יְמָינִי 
Sense: right, right hand.
כֶּ֤תֶף  the  left  side 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: כָּתֵף  
Sense: shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope.
הַבַּ֙יִת֙  of  the  temple 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הַשְּׂמָאלִ֔ית  to  the  left 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: שְׂמָאלִי  
Sense: left, left side, on the left.
לַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ  by  the  altar 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִזְבֵּחַ  
Sense: altar.
וְלַבָּ֑יִת  and  the  house 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
עַל־  Upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
סָבִֽיב  all  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.