2 Chronicles 23:7-9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ The Levites are to completely surround the king with weapons in hand. Anyone who enters the temple is to be put to death. Accompany the king in all his daily tasks.’^[a]

⁸ So the commanders of hundreds did everything the priest Jehoiada commanded. They each brought their men – those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty on the Sabbath – for the priest Jehoiada did not release the divisions.^{(A) 9} The priest Jehoiada gave to the commanders of hundreds King David’s spears, shields, and quivers^[b] that were in God’s temple.