Ranges

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ranges
     (1.) Lev. 11:35. Probably a cooking furnace for two or more
     pots, as the Hebrew word here is in the dual number; or perhaps
     a fire-place fitted to receive a pair of ovens.
     
       (2.) 2 Kings 11:8. A Hebrew word is here used different from


     the preceding, meaning "ranks of soldiers." The Levites were
     appointed to guard the king's person within the temple (2 Chr.
     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 R.V.) 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 orders that Athaliah should be kept surrounded by his
     own guards, and at the same time conveyed beyond the precincts
     of the temple.