2 Kings 11:3-5

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³ Joash and his nurse stayed safely in a room in the Lord's temple while Queen Athaliah ruled Judah for six years.

⁴ In the seventh year that Athaliah ruled Judah, the priest Jehoiada asked some of the king's officers to come to him.^[a] They were officers of army groups, the king's special guards and the palace guards.

They came to meet with Jehoiada in the Lord's temple. There, he made them promise to agree with his idea. Then he showed the king's son Joash to them.

⁵ Jehoiada said to the officers, ‘This is what you must do: The men who come to work on the Sabbath day must make three groups. One group will keep the palace safe.