1. And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael 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.

2. 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, and they came to Jerusalem.

3. And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of Elohim. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as יְהוָ֥ה hath said of the sons of David.

4. This the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, porters of the doors;

5. And a third part at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people in the courts of the house of יְהוָ֥ה.

6. But let none come into the house of יְהוָ֥ה, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of יְהוָ֥ה.

7. And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever 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.

8. 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 on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

9. Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that king David's, which in the house of Elohim.

10. 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.

11. Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, Elohim save the king.