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And the Levites shall surround the king all around, each with his weapons in his hand. And whoever comes into the house shall be put to death. You shall be with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.”

And the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And they each took his men who were coming off duty on the Sabbath[a] with the ones going out to duty on the Sabbath,[b] for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the working groups. And Jehoiada the priest gave the spears and small shields that had belonged to King David that were in the house of God to the commanders of hundreds.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 23:8 Literally “coming the Sabbath”
  2. 2 Chronicles 23:8 Literally “going out the Sabbath”