Jehoiada] He was the high priest and married to the princess Jehosheba (2 Chronicles 22:11).

Rulers] For their names see 2 Chronicles 23:1. Captains] RV 'Carites' (and so in 2 Kings 11:19). These were probably foreign mercenaries from Caria in Asia Minor (they are mentioned by Herodotus as employed by the Egyptian king Psammetichus), who formed the bodyguard of the Judæan sovereigns.

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