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 the king protection at the Lord’s temple.

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)