You must completely surround the king with weapons in hand. Anyone who enters the temple is to be put to death. You must be with the king in all his daily tasks.”[a]

So the commanders of hundreds did everything Jehoiada the priest commanded. They each brought their men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty on the Sabbath—for Jehoiada the priest did not release the divisions.(A) Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds King David’s spears, shields, and quivers[b] that were in God’s temple.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 23:7 Lit king when he comes in and when he goes out
  2. 2 Chronicles 23:9 Or spears and large and small shields

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