2 Chronicles 23:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ The Levites are to stand guard around the king, with their swords drawn, and are to stay with the king wherever he goes. Anyone who tries to enter the Temple is to be killed.”

⁸ The Levites and the people of Judah carried out Jehoiada's instructions. The men were not dismissed when they went off duty on the Sabbath, so the commanders had available both those coming on duty and those going off. ⁹ Jehoiada gave the officers the spears and shields that had belonged to King David and had been kept in the Temple.