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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!”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jehoiada presents the royal heir to the temple guards and the assembled people at the moment of a public coronation, immediately preceding Athaliah’s reaction to the commotion (2 Kings 11:13).
The words — וַ/יּוֹצִ֣א (va/i.yo.Tzi') means “and he brought out,” and הַ/נֵּ֙זֶר֙ (ha./Ne.zer) denotes “the crown,” marking the physical act of unveiling the heir and placing the royal insignia upon him.
The thread — The public acclamation echoes the people’s recognition of God’s chosen ruler in 1 Samuel 10:24, while the presentation of the Testimony directly recalls the ark’s contents described in Exodus 25:16 and Exodus 31:18.
Why it lands — The text records a formal transfer of authority through visible symbols and public proclamation, requiring the reader to recognize how covenant documents and royal regalia function together to legitimize a new reign.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 10:24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
- Exodus 25:16 And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
- Exodus 31:18 When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
- 2 Samuel 1:10 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
- 1 Kings 1:39 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”
- Deuteronomy 17:18 When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
- 1 Samuel 10:1 Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
- 2 Samuel 16:16 And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
- 2 Kings 11:2 But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
- Psalms 47:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.