So the commanders of hundreds did everything the priest Jehoiada commanded. They each brought their men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty on the Sabbath—for the priest Jehoiada did not release the divisions.(A) The priest Jehoiada gave to the commanders of hundreds King David’s spears, shields, and quivers[a] that were in God’s temple. 10 Then he stationed all the troops with their weapons in hand surrounding the king—from the right side of the temple to the left side, by the altar and by the temple.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:9 Or spears and large and small shields

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