⁵ 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.

⁷ “Your two divisions that go off duty on the Sabbath are to provide protection for the Lord’s temple.

⁸ 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)