“So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men — those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty — for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.”
2 Chronicles 23:8 (BSB)
Context Reading
6No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD. 7The Levites must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who enters the temple must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.” 8So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men — those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty — for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions. 9Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields of King David that were in the house of God. 10He stationed all the troops, with their weapons in hand, surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.