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Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, “Bring her out between the ranks. Kill anyone who follows her with the sword.” For the priest said, “Don’t let her be slain in the LORD’s house.”
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Verse 15. Precinct. Hebrew sederoth, (untranslated by the Septuagint and ( Bible.) improperly supposed by Josephus to be the torrent Cedron) means, “the ranks” of the guards, ( Calmet.) or, “ranges” of the sacred buildings, which her impure blood must not defile. Bible.—Follow her, as an accomplice. Menochius.
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