2 Chronicles 23:8-10

Good News Translation

⁸ The Levites and the people of Judah carried out Jehoiada's instructions. The men were not dismissed when they went off duty on the Sabbath, so the commanders had available both those coming on duty and those going off. ⁹ Jehoiada gave the officers the spears and shields that had belonged to King David and had been kept in the Temple. ¹⁰ He stationed the men with drawn swords all around the front of the Temple, to protect the king.