⁴ In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the ·commanders [captains] of groups of a hundred men, as well as the Carites [^Cmercenaries, probably a palace guard like the Kerethites and the Pelethites; 2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23]. He brought them together in the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord and ·made [^Lcut] an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] with them. There, in the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord, he ·made them promise loyalty [put them under oath], and then he showed them the king’s son. ⁵ He commanded them, “This is what you must do. A third of you who go on duty on the Sabbath will guard the king’s ·palace [^Lhouse]. ⁶ A third of you will be at the Sur Gate, and another third will be at the gate behind the guard. This way you will guard the ·Temple [^Lhouse].