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The Levites will completely surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand. Anyone who enters the house will be put to death. You accompany the king when he comes in and goes out.

The Levites and all Judah did exactly as Jehoiada the priest had commanded. Each leader combined the men coming on duty on the Sabbath with those going off duty on the Sabbath, because Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions.

Jehoiada the priest gave the commanders of the hundreds the spears, the large shields, and the small shields[a] which belonged to King David and which were in the House of God.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 23:9 Or quivers