² They traveled to all the cities of Judah and brought back with them to Jerusalem the Levites and all the heads of the clans.

^3 (A)They all gathered in the Temple, and there they made a covenant with Joash, the king's son. Jehoiada said to them, “Here is the son of the late king. He is now to be king, as the Lord promised that King David's descendants would be. ⁴ This is what we will do. When the priests and Levites come on duty on the Sabbath, one third of them will guard the Temple gates,