¹⁸ Also he removed the Sabbath pavilion which they had built in the temple, and he removed the king’s outer entrance from the house of the Lord, on account of the king of Assyria.

^2 (A)The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. He shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.

⁵ Then he commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall do: One-third of you who ^[a]come on duty ^(A)on the Sabbath shall be keeping watch over the king’s house,

⁵ the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his cupbearers, ^(A)and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.