and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: a third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath(A) are to provide protection for the king’s palace.

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And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

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“Your two divisions that go off duty on the Sabbath are to provide protection for the Lord’s temple.

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And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.

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So the commanders of hundreds did everything Jehoiada the priest commanded. They each brought their men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty on the Sabbath—for Jehoiada the priest did not release the divisions.(A)

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So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

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