Polyglot Bible: 2 Kings: 2 Kings 11

This is a synoptic biblical text presenting 2 Kings 11 in three parallel columns: the King James Version (KJV), the Septuagint (ancient Greek translation, labeled "Sep"), and the Hebrew Masoretic text (labeled "Tan"), with Strong's concordance numbers embedded in the KJV column. The chapter narrates the coup that restores the Davidic line in Judah: when Queen Athaliah seizes power by massacring the royal heirs, the infant Joash is secretly hidden in the Temple by his aunt Jehosheba and his guardian priest Jehoiada for six years. In the seventh year, Jehoiada organizes the royal guard, produces the hidden child, crowns and anoints him king, and Athaliah — crying "Treason!" — is seized and executed at the horse gate. The restoration culminates in a covenant between God, king, and people, followed by the destruction of the Baal temple and its priest. The distinctive value of this presentation is text-critical and scholarly: displaying three major textual traditions side by side reveals translation choices and minor variants (e.g., Greek has "singers" where KJV has "princes" in v. 14; Greek names two named commanders where KJV gives only titles). It is a resource for biblical scholarship rather than devotional reading, aimed at comparing how different ancient traditions transmitted the same narrative.

Polyglot Bible: 2 Kings: 2 Kings 11

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