2Chronicles:23:1-11
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And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself ,
and took the captains of hundreds me #
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Azariah the son of Jeroham ,
and Ishmael Yishma #
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the son of Jehohanan ,
and Azariah the son of Obed ,
and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah ,
and Elishaphat the son of Zichri ,
into covenant with him .
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And they went about in Judah ,
and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah ,
and the chief of the fathers of Israel Yisra #
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and they came to Jerusalem .
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And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God .
And he said unto them ,
Behold ,
the kings son shall reign ,
as the LORD hath said of the sons of David .
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This is the thing that ye shall do ;
A third part of you entering on the sabbath ,
of the priests and of the Levites ,
shall be porters of the doors ;
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And a third part shall be at the kings house ;
and a third part at the gate of the foundation :
and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD .
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But let none come into the house of the LORD ,
save the priests ,
and they that minister of the Levites ;
they shall go in ,
for they are holy :
but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD .
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And the Levites shall compass the king round about ,
every man with his weapons in his hand ;
and whosoever else cometh into the house ,
he shall be put to death :
but be ye with the king when he cometh in ,
and when he goeth out .
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So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded ,
and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath ,
with them that were to go out on the sabbath :
for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses .
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Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears ,
and bucklers ,
and shields ,
that had been king Davids ,
which were in the house of God .
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And he set all the people ,
every man having his weapon in his hand ,
from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple ,
along by the altar and the temple ,
by the king round about .
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Then they brought out the kings son ,
and put upon him the crown ,
and gave him the testimony ,
and made him king .
And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him ,
and said ,
God save the king .