2 Chronicles 23:8-10

Expanded Bible

Joash Becomes King

⁸ The Levites and all the people of Judah obeyed everything Jehoiada the priest ·had commanded [ordered]. He did not ·excuse [dismiss; release] anyone from the ·groups [divisions] of the priests. So each commander took his men who came on duty on the Sabbath ·with [as well as] those who went off duty on the Sabbath. ⁹ Jehoiada gave the ·commanders [officers] of a hundred men the spears and the large and small shields that had belonged to King David and that were kept in the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of God. ¹⁰ Then Jehoiada ·told the soldiers where to stand [stationed/positioned all the people] with weapon in hand. There were guards from the ·south [^Lright] side of the ·Temple [^Lhouse] to the ·north [^Lleft] side. They stood by the altar and the ·Temple [^Lhouse] and around the king.