In the

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and in the Old Testament, the word ranges has two very different meanings.

Leviticus

In Leviticus 11:35, ranges probably means a cooking furnace for two or more pots, as the

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word here is in the

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; or perhaps a fireplace fitted to receive a pair of ovens.

2 Kings

In 2 Kings 11:8, the Hebrew word is here used different from the preceding, meaning "ranks of soldiers." The

Levites Levites (or Levi) (, he, ''Lǝvīyyīm'') are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname ''Halevi'', which consists of the Hebrew de ...

were appointed to guard the king's person within the temple ( 2 Chronicles 23:7), while the soldiers were his guard in the court, and in going from the temple to the palace. The soldiers are here commanded to slay any one who should break through the "ranks" (as rendered in the Revised Version) to come near the king. In 2 Kings 11:15, the expression, "Have her forth without the ranges," is in the Revised Version, "Have her forth between the ranks;" i.e.,

Jehoiada Jehoiada ( ''Yəhōyāḏā‘'', "Yahweh knows") in the Hebrew Bible, was a prominent priest in the kingdom of Judah during the reigns of Ahaziah (reigned c. 842 - 841 BCE), Athaliah (reigned c. 841–835 BCE), and Joash (reigned c. 836–796 B ...

orders that Athaliah should be kept surrounded by his own guards, and at the same time conveyed beyond the precincts of the temple.

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