2 Kings 11:6

11:6 Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation ¹  Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. ²  You will take turns guarding the palace. ³ 

2 Kings 18:6

18:6 He was loyal to ⁴  the Lord and did not abandon him. ⁵  He obeyed the commandments which the Lord had given to ⁶  Moses.

[11:6]  ¹ tn Heb “the gate of Sur” (followed by many English versions) but no such gate is mentioned elsewhere in the OT. The parallel account in 2 Chr 23:5 has “Foundation Gate.” סוּר (sur), “Sur,” may be a corruption of יְסוֹד (yÿsod) “foundation,” involving in part dalet-resh confusion.

[11:6]  ² tn Heb “the runners.”

[11:6]  ³ tn The meaning of מַסָּח (massakh) is not certain. The translation above, rather than understanding it as a genitive modifying “house,” takes it as an adverb describing how the groups will guard the palace. See HALOT 605 s.v. מַסָּח for the proposed meaning “alternating” (i.e., “in turns”).

[18:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “he hugged.”

[18:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “and did not turn aside from after him.”

[18:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “had commanded.”