mas.sach denotes the defensive keeping of the house in the guard arrangement of 2 Kings 11:6.

The term denotes a defensive purpose for keeping the house in the guard arrangement described in 2 Kings 11:6.

1. Defensive keeping of the house · dominant

   In 2 Kings 11:6, the adverb occurs in the instruction that guards stationed at specified gates are to keep the charge of the house; the APB renders the closing clause "and you shall keep the charge of the house as a defense."

   2 Kings 11:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Kings 11:6, the APB presents the clause as keeping the charge of the house "as a defense." This wording confirms the clause's defensive setting without isolating a precise English equivalent.